Thanks for the replies- Compression and the measurements I have made are about the middle of the specs- So I think I will button her up, I have found some nice gray paint that is high temp and pretty scratch resistant- so that is what I am going to use-
at first the babbit stuff kind of made me nervous- a friend of mind works at a refinery and they still use babbits on some of the rotating equipment because it has the best service life and they can re-pour replacements quite easy. I went down to watch them work on some stuff, mainly with the babbits and now I am not to worried.
Thanks all



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