Patent ID: 8733525

Claim:
An adjusting device for a friction clutch ( 38 ) of a motor vehicle, having a spindle ( 12 ), a spindle nut ( 14 ) screwed onto the spindle ( 12 ) to carry along an adjusting element ( 44 ) to adjust a wear-related incorrect gap between a counter plate ( 54 ) and a pressure plate ( 52 ) for pressing a clutch plate ( 40 ) between the pressure plate ( 52 ) and the counter plate ( 54 ), a means of swiveling for swiveling the spindle ( 12 ) to adjust the wear-related incorrect gap, wherein: the means of swiveling has a sling rope ( 18 ) that is wrapped around a drum ( 16 ), which is connected to the spindle ( 12 ), and wherein the sling rope ( 18 ) is connected on a first end ( 20 ) to a first spring element ( 22 ); and, the means of swiveling is essentially frictionally engaged; or, the means of swiveling is essentially stepless.