Bearing assembly support

A bearing assembly support, comprising a body, the body defining:

• a thrust surface for contacting an end of a bearing assembly;
• an aperture extending through the body for receipt of a shaft when supported by the bearing assembly;
• and
• at least one passageway along which a lubricant can flow away from the thrust surface during use;
• wherein the or each passageway is defined by either:
• a recess on the thrust surface;
• or
• a cut away section that extends through the body from the thrust surface to an opposite surface of the body;
• wherein the at least one passageway comprises a plurality of passageways defined by the body, each passageway extending from a different region of the thrust surface, the plurality of passageways being angularly spaced around an axis of the body;
• and
• wherein the thrust surface comprises a plurality of sections and the passageways that extend from the regions within one of the plurality of sections are different from the passageways that extend from the regions within the or each other section.