Patent ID: 6851494

Claim:
A crawler running gear for a machine with a mid-section and two crawler supports mounted on longitudinal sides of the mid-section, the crawler running gear comprising: crossbeams emanating from the mid-section for detachably mounting the crawler supports, the crossbeams being displaceably mounted in a transverse direction of the mid-section; each of the crossbeams having a mounting end for receiving a complementary mounting hole defined in said crawler supports; each of the mounting ends having an outwardly directed tapering mounting journal for insertion in one of the mounting holes on the crawler supports, wherein the tapering of the mounting journal is conically shaped with a round cross-section and on the crawler supports, the mounting holes are in the form of bores that are constructed so as to correspond to the shape of the mounting journals of the crossbeams to thereby center the mounting holes on the crossbeams.