# 1549570 Vibration Damper | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

This genuine Volvo Penta vibration damper is a centred rotating-drive or coupling component used in the crankshaft torsional-vibration control. It is manufactured to the original Volvo Penta dimensions and interface requirements so the driven component remains concentric, aligned and securely coupled. In service, it absorbs torsional crankshaft oscillation to reduce fatigue loads on the crankshaft, timing drive and accessories. Fitment is controlled by the exact engine or product configuration and serialised parts list; confirm OEM number 1549570 against the installed assembly before ordering.

## 🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

-   Volvo Penta TAD1241GE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1242GE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1240GE

-   **Engine Family:** TAD

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   OEM Volvo Penta part number 1549570
-   System group: Engine
-   Net weight approximately 15.13 kg
-   Fits TAD1240GE, TAD1241GE and TAD1242GE series diesel engines
-   Supplied as a single crankshaft-mounted damper unit

## 🔌 Function

The vibration damper absorbs and dissipates torsional vibration generated by the firing pulses of the crankshaft, preventing that energy from building into destructive resonance. This protects the crankshaft, bearings and front-end drive components and keeps engine noise and fatigue loading within design limits.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Increased engine vibration or a noticeable resonance at particular speeds
-   Visible wobble, runout or misalignment of the damper or drive belts running from it
-   Deteriorated, cracked or extruded elastomer between the damper hub and inertia ring
-   Fluid weeping or bulging from a viscous-type damper housing
-   Unexplained belt wear, pulley wear or repeated front-end accessory failures

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   Treat the damper as a sealed assembly — it is not repairable, and nothing about it should be straightened, re-bonded or adjusted
-   Renew it if the rubber is cracked, swollen, oil-soaked or has moved relative to the hub, and whenever the engine has been run with a known torsional or vibration problem
-   Fit to clean, dry, undamaged mating faces, tightening the fasteners in the sequence and to the figures given in the workshop manual for your engine
-   Use new bolts wherever the manual calls for them; the loading here is cyclic and a reused or stretched fastener is a poor risk
-   While access is good, check the components it drives or couples to, and their alignment — a damper rarely fails for no reason

## 📦 Condition

-   Genuine Volvo Penta part
-   Brand new
-   Supplied in original or equivalent packaging

## Details

- **Price:** 1924.16 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Engine Components
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta Parts | Genuine Marine Engine & Service Components

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 1924.16 AUD | In stock |

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/1549570-vibration-damper-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-10-12