Steering system

A steering system comprising:

• a column jacket pivotable in a tilt direction, the column jacket including
• a pair of facing portions protruding from an outer peripheral portion of the column jacket and facing each other, and
• a stepped portion which extends in an intersecting direction with respect to an axial direction of the column jacket and at which an outer surface of a corresponding one of the facing portions projects outward halfway from a first end side to a second end side of the column jacket in the axial direction;
• a bracket fixed to a vehicle body, the bracket including
• a pair of side plates disposed on outer sides of the respective facing portions and extending to the first end side to intersect with the tilt direction, and
• tilt grooves formed in the respective side plates and extending in the tilt direction;
• and
• a clamping mechanism that clamps the side plates to bend the side plates such that an end of each of the side plates on the first end side is displaced toward a corresponding one of the facing portions, the clamping mechanism including
• a clamping shaft that is inserted through the tilt grooves to move in the tilt direction in the tilt grooves when the column jacket pivots in the tilt direction;
• wherein the stepped portion is located between a portion serving as a fulcrum when a corresponding one of the side plates is bent by being clamped by the clamping mechanism and a corresponding one of the tilt grooves, in a direction in which the side plates extend.