A method for adjusting a thickness of a damping fluid film for damping a guide bearing of a turbine engine shaft in a turbine engine casing including an annular cavity in which there is fitted a circumferential housing ring including an outer surface in contact with an inner surface of the annular cavity of the casing, the guide bearing including an inner circumferential ring rigidly connected to the turbine engine shaft and an outer circumferential ring fitted in the housing ring and gripping rolling members, a damping cavity, configured to receive a damping fluid to form a damping fluid film for damping the guide bearing, the cavity being delimited radially between an outer conical surface of the outer ring and an inner conical surface of the housing ring, the method comprising:
- positioning a shim between the housing ring and the casing to axially displace the outer ring relative to the housing ring to modify a radial thickness of the damping fluid film.