Gear unit for motor vehicle

A gear unit for a motor vehicle comprising:

• a housing;
• a worm gear shaft rotatable about a rotation axis;
• a pivot ring contacting said housing and having an inner face;
• a rotary bearing mounting said worm gear shaft on said housing, said rotary bearing having an outer bearing ring having an outer face, said inner face of said pivot ring and said outer face of said outer bearing ring complimentary whereby said rotary bearing pivots in relation to pivot ring;
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• a spring element positioned between said bearing and said housing having a ring portion including two contact portions defining a pivot axis extending between said contact portions wherein said contact portions extend radially inwardly from said ring portion, axially, in the direction of said rotation axis, and outwardly transverse to said pivot axis, said contact portions contacting said outer bearing ring of said rotary bearing;
• two spring portions, said spring portions diametrically opposite each other and positioned perpendicular to the pivot axis, said spring portions extending both radially inward and axially in the direction of said rotation axis, said spring portions contacting said outer bearing ring of said rotary bearing;
• and a positioning element said positioning element extending radially outward from said ring portion and contacting said housing.