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A lubricant flinger, for providing lubricant fluid to bearings on a horizontal shaft within a wet-sump bearing housing, has a rotationally balanced body with portions extending radially sufficiently to reach below a lubricant level in the wet-sump. The body has provisions for fixing it on the horizo

A lubricant flinger, for providing lubricant fluid to bearings on a horizontal shaft within a wet-sump bearing housing, has a rotationally balanced body with portions extending radially sufficiently to reach below a lubricant level in the wet-sump. The body has provisions for fixing it on the horizontal shaft and is capable of insertion, while mounted on the horizontal shaft, into the housing through a bearing bore of radius smaller than that of the body. Outer portions of the body may have features which enhance lubricant pick-up.

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1. A lubricant flinger adapted for mounting on a horizontal shaft within a wet-sump bearing housing for providing lubricant to bearings supporting said shaft, said housing having a lubricant level below the lowest level of bearing bores in walls of said housing, the flinger comprising:a rotationally

1. A lubricant flinger adapted for mounting on a horizontal shaft within a wet-sump bearing housing for providing lubricant to bearings supporting said shaft, said housing having a lubricant level below the lowest level of bearing bores in walls of said housing, the flinger comprising:a rotationally balanced body having a radial extent sufficiently greater than said bearing bores to reach below said lubricant level in the wet-sump; and means for permitting insertion of the body through said bearing bores for mounting on the horizontal shaft, said means comprising a plurality of radial slots extending from the outer periphery of the body to a circular locus slightly smaller than said bearing bores, said body being made from thin hard material capable of being elastically folded to lie substantially parallel to said shaft during insertion through said bearing bores into said housing and springing back to lie substantially perpendicular to said shaft after complete insertion.