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Hi Bernie

It appears from your description that I have not made an error after all? Seal looks to be installed the correct way round.

Something is not right and can not figure what, ….new seal,  new bush, new shaft, bearing surface smoothed to babies bottom standard……it should not leak !!!

As you know I am a mine of stupid questions….with regards to the brass bush..3 questions.

(1) How does the shaft receive the oil as there is no holes in the bush ?? Would drilling a couples of oil holes be better???

(2) I assume that in line with convention the shaft rotates within the fixed bush???

(3) Or does the shaft and the bush rotate within the casting (off the wall question, getting desperate)

Cheers

Ken