Thanks Harm,
I will plan on using the bearing. The shaft is driven by the lower timing chain, so there is some axial load on the bearing, but no impact like a crankshaft. There is an oil inlet hole very close to the small inclusion, so indirectly it will act as an oil groove. Oil is pressure fed to the front bearing, the accessory shaft has an oil passage drilled diagonally through the shaft to feed oil to the rear bearing. It looks like Stutz did a good job of providing oil to all bearing surfaces. I'll press onward.
Thanks everyone for the advice.
Mark H