Pump, a bearing assembly for a pump and a method of assembling the bearing assembly

A bearing assembly for mounting a rotatable shaft of a pump, said bearing assembly comprising:

• a bearing comprising an inner ring and an outer ring and a plurality of rollable elements mounted between said inner and outer rings;
• a lubricant directing element extending radially outwards from an outer circumference of said inner ring, said lubricant directing element comprising a radially extending surface, at least a portion of said radially extending surface facing an annular gap between said inner and outer rings
• wherein said inner ring comprises an axially extending portion extending axially beyond said outer ring, said lubricant directing element being attached to said axially extending portion;
• a bearing support configured to support said outer ring of said bearing, said bearing support surrounding at least a portion of an outer surface of said outer ring and comprising a radially extending portion extending across one end surface of said outer ring towards said axially extending portion of said inner ring to thereby obscure at least a portion of said annular gap between said inner and outer ring;
• wherein said lubricant directing element is located further from said rollable elements than said radially extending portion of said bearing support.