Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to reduce failure to bearings in a pump system. Disclosed herein is a pump system comprising a shaft connected to an impeller of the pump system, and a bearing to provide a dampening to the shaft, the bearing including a journal lining, the journal lining supported in the pump system, a spring-loaded foil to separate the shaft from the journal lining, an inner lining between the shaft and the spring-loaded foil, and a deformation limiter located between the spring-loaded foil and the journal lining.