A steering gear comprising a housing, a drive pinion, a gear rack, a thrust pad, a compensating member and a torsion spring. In this steering gear, the gear rack is shiftable in said housing and the thrust pad is biasing the gear rack against the drive pinion. Further, the compensating member has a cam surface, the cam surface is supporting the thrust pad; the torsion spring is exerting a torque upon the compensating member and the torque is causing the compensating member to urge the thrust pad from the compensating member towards the drive pinion.