Abstract: A modular instrument console for a vehicle having an instrument panel supporting a plurality of modular instruments, gauges, and the like. The instrument panel is pivotally supported for access to the interior of the instrument console for servicing of the components therein. The instrument console is capable of being functionally attached to a vehicle in a temporary mounting prior to final assembly of the vehicle, or in its permanent position.

Abstract: A roller for a continuous track on a crawler tractor or the like comprises two sections welded together to define an interior lubrication cavity which communicates by means of lubrication passages to spaces containing bearings and to an exterior lubrication port. Liquid plastic material capable of in situ foaming to form an open cell plastic mass is injected into the cavity and passages wherein it sets into an open cell plastic mass. Subsequently, lubricating oil or grease is injected under pressure through the lubrication port to fill the open cells of the plastic mass for storage and subsequent supply to the bearings through the lubrication passages. The open cell plastic mass also provides a barrier or filter for particles of contaminants disposed in the cavity as a result of welding and other manufacturing steps and prevents circulating of such particles with the lubricant and damage to the bearings and seals.

Abstract: A track roller for a continuous track on a crawler tractor or the like comprises two sections welded together to define an interior lubrication cavity which communicates by means of lubrication passages to spaces containing bearings and to an exterior lubrication port. The track roller has a central cavity with a foam material holding a lubricant in its open cells. Axles extend from the track roller and through which a passage extends to communicate with the cavity. The axles are supported by bearings in the caps that are fixedly and non-rotatably mounted on the frame that supports the track roller. The passage in each axle permits lubricant to pass from the cavity to the bearings.