Someone would have to threaten me with disfiguring mayhem before I'd ever use a piece of Plastigauge on a Babbit bearing again. Checking clearance with a narrow piece of .0015" shim stock is faster and much more accurate.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!