Abstract: An axial piston machine of an inclined axis design includes a housing in which a cylinder drum is disposed. The cylinder drum is rotatably supported on a central journal which is hingedly connected to a drive shaft. The central journal is inserted, in an axially displaceable manner, in a central journal bore formed in the cylinder drum which extends approximately coaxially to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder drum. A compression spring is disposed in central journal bore which bears against an end face facing away from the drive shaft, and loads the cylinder drum against a control disk. A radial groove is formed in central journal, in which an O-ring is accommodated, by way of which the central journal is held in a non-positive manner in the central journal bore when the axial piston machine is assembled and disassembled.