EXPANSION CONNECTOR

The invention relates to an expansion connector (1) for connecting two parts (21, 22), in particular furniture panels, which connector comprises a bolt (2) having a cylindrical bolt shaft (2a) and a bolt head (2b) at one end of the bolt and an expansion cone (2c) at the other end of the bolt, which cone tapers towards the bolt head (2b). The expansion connector also comprises a plastics expansion sleeve (3) which is movably mounted on the bolt (2) and has at least two expansion tabs (5), each of which has a radially outwardly projecting collar (6) on the tab end facing the bolt head (2b). The expansion sleeve (3) can be transferred from an unexpanded initial position by displacement relative to the bolt (2) into an expanded end position in which the expansion tabs (5) are expanded radially outwards by the expansion cone (2c). According to the invention, in the initial position the expansion tabs (5) each abut the bolt shaft (2a) by means of a guide portion (7), the edge (8) of which guide portion that faces t