A swash plate mechanism (3) according to the invention, which is particularly suitable for an axial piston pump (1), has a swash body (8) which is rotatably mounted between a swash plate (16) and a housing disk (17), wherein the swash plate (16) forms an outer bearing ring of a first rolling bearing (9) and the housing disk (17) forms an outer bearing ring of a similar second rolling bearing (10), and each rolling bearing (9, 10) has an inner bearing ring (14, 15) which is captively coupled to the respective outer bearing ring (16, 17) and is fastened to the swash body (8).