The invention relates to a device (4) for positioning meshing teeth (3, 8, 9) of a gear drive without any play, comprising a gear assembly (5), which gear assembly (5) comprises a main gear (6) having first teeth (8) and a gear (7) that is rotatable relative thereto in the circumferential direction having second teeth (9), and the main gear (6) comprises a hub part (10) on which the rotatable gear (7) is disposed, and a tolerance compensating element (12) comprising a shaft part (13) and a compensating part (14) is disposed radially underneath the main gear (6), and the compensating part (14) is connected to the shaft part (13) and to the hub part (10) of the main gear (6) so that the main gear (6) is connected exclusively via the compensating part (14) to the shaft part (13), and the compensating part (14) is made at least partially from a rubber elastic material.