Device for pressing on a gear rack

A device for pressing a steering rack onto a pinion engaged with the steering rack, comprising a steering rack engaged with a pinion, a pressure piece which can be loaded in the direction of the steering rack and is displaceably guided in a housing, an adjustment unit compensating for play occurring in the steering system, the adjustment unit comprising two disks that can be rotated relative to one another and are seated against contact surfaces, the contact surfaces comprising at least two oblique surface segments, a spring washer disposed between the adjustment unit and the pressure piece, wherein the adjustment unit comprises a projection and the pressure piece comprises a recess, the size of the projection defining a play of the pressure piece;

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• wherein the pressure piece comprises a further recess for accommodating the spring washer.

A device for a steering system of a motor vehicle comprising means for pressing a steering rack onto a pinion engaged with the steering rack, a pressure piece, which can be loaded in the direction of the steering rack and is displaceably guided in a housing, an adjustment unit compensating for play occurring in the steering system, the adjustment unit comprising two disks that can be rotated relative to one another and are seated against contact surfaces, the contact surfaces comprising at least two oblique surface segments, a spring washer is disposed between the adjustment unit and the pressure piece, wherein a projection is situated at the adjustment unit, and a recess occurs opposite the projection at the pressure piece, and wherein a portion of the spring washer is situated between the projection and the pressure piece, a height of the projection defining a play of the pressure piece.

A device for a steering system of a motor vehicle comprising means for pressing a steering rack onto a pinion engaged with the steering rack, a pressure piece, which can be loaded in the direction of the steering rack and is displaceably guided in a housing, an adjustment unit compensating for play occurring in the steering system, the adjustment unit comprising two disks that can be rotated relative to one another and are seated against contact surfaces, the contact surfaces comprising at least two oblique surface segments, a spring washer is disposed between the adjustment unit and the pressure piece, wherein a projection is situated at the adjustment unit, and a recess occurs opposite the projection at the pressure piece, and wherein a portion of the spring washer is situated between the projection and the pressure piece.