[Synchro909]

I've seen this problem rectified by taking out the bearing cap with the Babbit thrust face on it and building it up by "dabbling" more metal onto it with a soldering iron, then cutting it back. I saw the width of the cap measured along with the end play. Simple arithmetic gave a figure for what the length of the cap should be for the correct end play. There was no more dismantling than taking out the main bearing cap.