Mechanical valve clearance compensation element with two-part adjusting bolts

1. A valve clearance compensation element with mechanical, automatic readjustment for internal combustion engines, comprising an adjusting bolt that is supported by a thread in a sleeve arranged on a component of the internal combustion engine against a force of a spring with a transfer element that is in active connection with a support head of the adjusting bolt, a spring-loaded gas-exchange valve and a cam of a camshaft driven by the internal combustion engine, and the adjusting bolt has two parts, the support head and a threaded bolt, which are fastened to each other, the threaded bolt has a neck with a circular cylindrical face on which the support head is pressed, and the support head has a casing with a circular cylindrical inner and outer face and that, with said inner face, the casing is in active connection with the threaded bolt.

2. The valve clearance compensation element according to claim 1 , wherein the support head is supported with an outer surface thereof in a sliding manner in the sleeve.

3. The valve clearance compensation element according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the threaded bolt or the support head have a recess in which the spring is guided in the radial direction.

4. The valve clearance compensation element according to claim 3 , wherein the spring is arranged on its end facing away from the support head on a spring guide that is guided with a clearance fit in the recess of the threaded bolt.

5. The valve clearance compensation element according to claim 1 , wherein the threads on the sleeve and on the threaded bolt are machined following a neck of the threaded bolt and the casing.

6. The valve clearance compensation element according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the neck of the threaded bolt or a guide surface in the sleeve are offset in a radial direction and are used as thread run-outs.