Abstract: Shear strain-carrying joint (1) between two parts (2, 3) abutting one another in a motor vehicle. The joint includes two pins (4, 5) arranged in pairs, securely fixed in the one part (2) projecting upwards from an abutting surface (9) and situated at a selected interval (a) form one another. Openings (7, 8) are furthermore arranged in an abutting surface (6) on the second part (3) and situated at a corresponding interval from one another. The pins are dimensioned, shaped and positioned such that they each fit in one of the openings. The pins (4, 5) in a base section have two convexly curved mating surfaces (20, 21) that give each pin a selected cross-sectional dimension (d) between the mating surfaces. In the assembled state, the mating surfaces of the parts coincide with sections of the peripheral surface (29) of the openings.