Bearing protector

An apparatus, comprising an annular static component fixed relative to an annular housing having a recess, wherein a stationary sealing face profile is retained, and an annular rotational component for fixing relative to a shaft with the annular static component and the annular rotational component held axially relative to one another, the annular rotational component having a protrusion from a cylindrical surface of the annual rotational component and an annular sealing face profile energized via a plurality of magnetic elements retained within the annular static component for generating a positive sealing face contact between the stationary sealing face profile and a rotational sealing face profile, the cylindrical surface having a first diameter and being perpendicular to the annular sealing face profile and the protrusion having a second diameter being received in the recess, the second diameter being an outer diameter, the plurality of magnetic elements being positioned annually within the housing via semi-formed recesses with a third diameter of the magnetic elements being overhung for allowing assembly of the annular rotational component in the annular housing prior to installation of the plurality of magnetic elements, the third diameter being an inner diameter in cross-section that is below the outside diameter of the protrusion and above the first diameter of the cylindrical surface, said plurality of magnetic elements having a longitudinal axis within the recess.