Fitting

A method for producing a fitting which comprises a housing, a rotating body in said housing having a shaft formed as a single piece therewith by which the rotating body can be rotated about an axis of rotation, a bushing arranged in said housing to float-mount and seal the rotating body, and a cover secured to said housing by cover bolts with said shaft extending through the cover to outside said fitting, wherein the cover defines an annular space around said shaft and a thrust ring is arranged in said space forming a radial annular gap, said thrust ring being associated with a sealing element which fits against the shaft, and wherein the cover has a flat annular lower surface positioned against a flat contact surface of the housing and is centered and connected to the housing with a non-positive fit, said method comprising:

• initially positioning the cover with said flat annular surface directly on the flat contact surface of the housing with no centering means being provided for the cover with respect to the housing,
• thereafter coaxially aligning the cover in relation to the shaft and the axis of rotation of the rotating body by way of a mounting sleeve having an inner surface which contacts the outer surface of the shaft without play and which comprises a centering element comprising an annular shoulder which engages a centering collar on the cover, and
• subsequently securely connecting the cover to the housing by tightening the cover bolts.