The structure characteristics of zinc\|base bi\|metal bearing alloy was investigated.The comparative testing of a series of friction and wear characteristics of the alloy with Babbitts alloy(ZChSnSb11\|6)by means of MM\|200 type wear testing machine was conducted.The results showed that all of the properties of the zinc\|base bi\|metal bearing alloy were equivalent or superior to those of Babbitts alloy.It is helpful to replace Sn\|base bearing alloys