Patent ID: 8752445

Claim:
A device for pressing a rack onto a pinion engaged with the rack in a steering system of a motor vehicle, comprising: a pressure piece, which can be loaded in the direction of the rack by way of a compression spring and is displaceably guided in a housing; an adjusting device for compensating for play that occurs in the steering system; and a spring washer disposed between the adjusting device and the pressure piece; and wherein the adjusting device has a shoulder and the pressure piece has a recess, or the pressure piece has a shoulder and the adjusting device has a recess in the region of the spring washer; and wherein the adjusting device further has two adjusting disks, which are rotatable relative to one another and bear against one another at contact surfaces, and the contact surfaces have at least two beveled edges; and wherein an assembly unit comprising the adjusting device, the pressure piece, the spring washer, and the compression spring is pre-assembled with a spring pin that extends axially along a central axis of the assembly unit to hold the adjusting device, the pressure piece, the spring washer, and the compression spring together as the assembly unit during installation.