This paper describes an experimental apparatus and procedure for measuring steady-state eccentricities in journal bearings. Eccentricity measurements for two five-pad tilting-pad bearings with load-on-pad and preloads of 0.0 and 0.2 are presented. Good agreement is shown between measured and theoretical eccentricities for a range of Sommerfeld numbers between 0.2 and 3.0. Relatively small deviations of the journal center from the load axis indicate negligible cross-coupling effects were present in the bearings.Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, May 7–10, 1984