Tolerance compensation apparatus

An apparatus for compensating tolerances between components to be screwed to one another, comprising

• a hollow-cylindrical base element extending in an axial direction and having a first axial end and an opposite second axial end;
• and
• a hollow-cylindrical compensation element, said hollow-cylindrical compensation element being in threaded engagement with the base element and being able to be moved in the axial direction from a starting position into a compensation position by rotation relative to the base element,
• a contact ring fastened to the compensation element adjacent to the first axial end of the base element after assembly of the compensation element and the base element, thereby allowing the compensation element to be screwed into the base element at its second axial end,
• the apparatus further comprising a fixing means by means of which the compensation element can be fixed relative to the base element in the compensation position, the fixing means comprising an adhesive provided between the base element and the compensation element, in the starting position of the compensation element the adhesive being arranged in a ring gap between the compensation element and the base element which is defined by a thread-less region of the base element adjacent to its second axial end, the adhesive brought into a threaded region connecting the compensation element and the base element by axial movement of the compensation element into its compensation position.