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1. A rack guide unit comprising:
a rack guide accommodated in an accommodation portion formed in a housing through which a rack shaft meshed with a pinion shaft is passed, so as to be allowed to approach and move away from the rack shaft, the rack guide supporting the rack shaft such that the rack shaft is slidable in an axial direction of the rack shaft; a closure member secured to an external opening end of the accommodation portion, the external opening end being located on an opposite side of the accommodation portion from the rack shaft; at least one coned disc spring that is interposed between the closure member and the rack guide, and that urges the rack guide toward the rack shaft; a holding member that holds the coned disc spring, and that is frictionally engaged with and held by the rack guide directly or indirectly; and a frictionally engaging member that is held by at least one of the rack guide and the holding member and that is frictionally engaged with the rack guide and the holding member, wherein the holding member includes a guide tube that guides a radial end portion of the coned disc spring, and an annular seat plate that extends radially outward from one axial end of the guide tube and that receives a load from the coned disc spring. |
