Intermediate steering shaft for a motor vehicle, and method for operating an intermediate steering shaft for a motor vehicle

An intermediate steering shaft for a motor vehicle, comprising:

• an outer hollow shaft;
• an inner hollow shaft arranged at least partially in the outer hollow shaft;
• a profiled shaft that is arranged in the outer hollow shaft and connects the outer hollow shaft and the inner hollow shaft to one another, the inner hollow shaft connected to the profiled shaft;
• and
• a plurality of guide arrangements that guide the profiled shaft in the outer hollow shaft and serve for the displacement of the profiled shaft and of the inner hollow shaft-in an axial direction of the outer hollow shaft,
• wherein the plurality of guide arrangements has in each case (i) one section of substantially concave form on an inner circumference of the outer hollow shaft, (ii) one guide rail of substantially concave form arranged on a receiving section of the profiled shaft, and (iii) at least one ball arranged between the section and the guide rail,
• wherein an elastic element is arranged between the respective guide rail and the receiving section of the profiled shaft, the elastic element configured to provide play compensation of the guide arrangement and to transmit a torque exerted on the guide arrangement by the outer hollow shaft to the profiled shaft, and
• wherein the elastic element is formed by a rubber strip that is configured to be installed, by vulcanization, between the respective guide rail and the respective receiving section of the profiled shaft.