Fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines with several pump elements located inline, wherein the commencement of injection of each of these pump elements takes place by a control spool axially displaceable on the pump piston and by control of relief ducts provided at the pump working spaces of the pump, the control spools are operated by a torque shaft which is formed in two parts, the first shaft part is axially secured, and the second shaft part is guided so as to be sealed in a bearing bush located in the pump casing. The two shaft parts are pushed one into the other by means of a trunnion and a blind hole which receives the trunnion. The shaft parts are rotationally connected to one another by means of a claw clutch.