A screw pump with a housing; a housing cover; at least one idler screw held in a bore in the housing; and a bushing arranged on the housing cover with a receiving space bounded by a cylindrical flange, into which one end of the idler screw engages; wherein the bushing has an opening in its base, through which a fluid, supplied by a feed channel in the cover, can be supplied from the end opposite the idler screw under pressure to the end surface of the idler screw, wherein the bushing engages with radial play in a receptacle in the cover and comprises a radial flange, by which it is supported axially on the housing; and wherein at a least certain part of the ring-shaped flange of the bushing engages in the bore and is accommodated therein with play.

A screw pump with a housing; a housing cover; at least one idler screw held in a bore in the housing; and a bushing arranged on the housing cover with a receiving space bounded by a cylindrical flange, into which one end of the idler screw engages; wherein the bushing has an opening in its base, through which a fluid, supplied by a feed channel in the cover, can be supplied from the end opposite the idler screw under pressure to the end surface of the idler screw, wherein the bushing engages with radial play in a receptacle in the cover and comprises a radial flange, by which it is supported axially on the housing; and wherein at a least certain part of the ring-shaped flange of the bushing engages in the bore and is accommodated therein with play.