the first side being a mirror image of the other prior to attaching the machine leveling assembly 1 to the machine 2 the hold down plate 22 is assembled by placing each side about the ball 13 with the 34 u 34 facing toward the ball 13 the hold down plate 22 pieces are fixed to the ground engaging member 20 by hold down plate securing bolts 23 that are flush mounted in a countersunk hole in the hold down plate 22 after a number of machine leveling assemblies 1 without shims 15 have been installed on the machine 2 to be leveled the hold down nuts 16 are loosened freeing the load transmission member 10 for rotation a wrench or other appropriate tool is then placed on the tool attaching surface 12 and turned causing the load transmission element 10 to rotate and threadingly advance up or down once the machine 2 is level the distance between the bottom of the mounting member body 4 and the shim surface 29 is measured and a shim 15 is precision ground to fit between the bottom of the mounting member body 4 and the shim surface 29 the hold down nuts 16 are again loosened a tool is placed on the tool attaching surface 12 and turned raising the machine 2 enough to allow the shim 15 to be placed on the shim surface 29 the shim 15 is then secured to the bottom of the mounting member body 4 by the shim securing bolt 18 after the shim 15 is secured the tool is re attached to the tool attaching surface 12 and turned lowering the mounting member body 4 until the bottom of the shim 15.