This work analyses the effect of fluid-film bearings on the dynam- ics of turbomachinery with respect to unbalance response, vibration mode shapes and, specially, instability that tends to occur, mainly, at high speeds or light loads. The bearing stffiness and damping bearing properties are calculated using the analytical solution of the Reynolds Equation, based in a short bearing approach. Following, a procedure is presented for the dynamic modelling of rotor-bearing systems based in the Finite Element Method, including the gyroscopic effect. The complete rotordynamic analysis of a rotor designed to undergo instability problem is performed by software ROMAC from University of Virginia. The software predicts the bearing properties by complete numerical solution of Reynolds Equation and critical speeds, mode shapes and stability analysis is performed using the Finite Element Method.Finally, it is presented the design of the rotor kit , accomplished studies and performed tests. The numerical solution is validated by measurements that were made.