CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR TWO COMPONENTS SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER WITH TOLERANCE COMPENSATION FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SAME

A connecting element for two mutually spaced components with tolerance compensation function, which has the following features: a hollow screw with an external thread by means of which a threaded connection to a first component can be produced, which is adjustable in its longitudinal direction via at least one drive means of the hollow screw, a nut element that is accommodated in a receiving space of the hollow screw and that comprises a radially inner functional surface, so that a form-locking and force-locking connection can be produced with a first connection end of a connecting bolt, wherein the connecting bolt has a second connection end by means of which a connection to a second component can be produced.