Relates to an actuating unit (4) for use in a steering stabilizing means, and to a steering stabilizing means of this type, comprising a housing (40), a first transmission element (41) and a second transmission element (42), wherein the first transmission element (41) and the second transmission element (42) protrude from outside into the housing (40) and can be displaced along a restoring axis, wherein, at the first end thereof, the first transmission element (41) acts on a first pressure element (43), and wherein, at the first end thereof, the second transmission element (42) acts on a second pressure element (44), wherein the first pressure element (43) and the second pressure element (44) are arranged within a chamber of the housing (40) and are loaded by a restoring means (7) with a restoring force which acts along the restoring axis.