44 are supported by the journal bearings gears 42 and 44 as well as drive and counter shafts 40 and 58 respectively and rotor 36 are located axially by selected clearance between gear faces 96 and inner and outer side plates 48 and 52 respectively in any case lower valued radial gear forces achieved via the above described nominal hydrostatic balance of gears 42 and 44 permits cantilevered shafts with single journal bearings to be used in gear pump 10 the resulting device is highly efficient and compact and particularly suited for use with a power steering system of electric automobiles with this arrangement it is neither necessary to provide the outer side plate 52 to close tolerances nor to closely align it to the rest of the pump sub assembly 20 thereby reducing the relative expense of gear pump 10 as shown in fig5 7 8 and 9 a pump sub assembly 100 in accordance with the alternate preferred embodiment of the invention comprises drive and driven gears 102 and 104 respectively that rotate upon first and second spindles 106a and 106b respectively as best shown in fig5 and 7 each of the gears 102 and 104 have an enlarged center bore 108 an even number of teeth 110.