how to tell ballbearing from bush?

[sam]

from my readings i have seen that some of the earlier 2.8 enigines came with bush turbos that can be rebuilt

seeing as i just took off my 2.8 turbo i was thinking about having a go at rebuilding it myself but dont know if its bush or ballbearing, will the part numbers on the turbo tell me?

[geeves]

the ihi number should be on the ihi website.

[sam]

yay found that it is rebuildable, its an RHB5 which is choice so will do this myself

thanks geeves

[MattMU]

You are wasting your time rebuilding it yourself. The cassett that houses the bearings is a replacement item and you just fit the impellor and turbine back on and make sure the housings and clearances are good.

The most important part is getting it balanced so it doesnt contact the housings at high speed.

Goodluck.

Matt.