Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Terry R Peterson

Scott R Kloess

William C Gregory

Jose M Lopez

Darrin S Mallard

Charu S Hayes

Charles J Lemont, Jr

David C Pomerville

Robert S Brines

A wear compensator for use in a vehicle rack and pinion steering assembly and a method of biasing a rack against a pinion shaft gear in a rack and pinion steering assembly are disclosed. The wear compensator may include a rack follower, an adjuster plug, a wear cam and a torsion spring. The rack follower slides on the rack. The adjuster plug is retained by the steering gear housing and includes a plug cam surface. The wear cam includes a wear cam surface operatively engaging the plug cam surface, is mounted between the rack follower and the adjuster plug, and can rotate relative to the adjuster plug. The torsion spring connects between the adjuster plug and the wear cam in order to rotatably bias the wear cam relative to the adjuster plug.

Steering rack wear compensator

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Oakley, MI, United States of America

Terry R Peterson