Apparatus for pressing a rack

In an apparatus for pressing a rack on a pinion having a pressure piece and an adjusting device is provided, that the pressure piece and the adjusting means each have mutually aligned bearing surfaces which lie in a basic position to each other, wherein at least one of the contact surfaces is resilient. The pressure piece has a pressure piece body and a projecting in the direction of the actuator pin whose freiligendes end is formed as a contact surface. The adjusting device is formed at least in two parts from an adjusting screw and a spring washer. The spring washer is arranged between the adjusting screw and the pressure piece and forming the bearing surface for the freiligende end of the pin.