Inventors:
Thomas L. Mitchell - Washington IL
Patrick D. McMahill - Chillicothe IL
Gary G. Valbert - Peoria IL
John C. Wellauer - Dunlap IL
Assignee:
Caterpillar Tractor Co. - Peoria IL
International Classification:
F16B 1700
Abstract:
Devices have been used to compensate for misalignment between adjacent members and establish subsequent aligned assembly. These devices used tight tolerance, compound eccentric bushings or offset frusto-conical surface in attempting to provide a fixed aligned position. These devices are expensive and difficult to align. The subject bolt-on dowel provides a simple inexpensive solution to positioning of a first member relative to a second member. The bolt-on dowel includes a cylindrical spacer slidably fitted within a bore of the first member with the first end being in abutment with the second member, and a fastening member securing the spacer to the second member in a fixed position.