# 24618489 Big-End Bearing Kit | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta big-end bearing kit weighing 0.242 kg — the lightest of the eight kits here. It supersedes 24123552, whose cost record lists eight applications across D and TAD series engines.

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   0.242 kg — the lightest of the eight
-   Supersedes 24123552
-   Eight applications across D and TAD series engines

## 🔌 Function

Provides the bearing shells carrying the connecting rod on the crankshaft journal.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Knocking under load from the bottom end
-   Low oil pressure when hot
-   Shells scored or the overlay worn through
-   Metal debris in the oil
-   Journal scored or oval

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   This is the lighter of the two weight families here, so it suits a different engine size — check the fitment as well as the grade
-   Measure journal size, taper and ovality before ordering

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### OEM Supersession Chain

-   24618489 → Supersedes 24123552

### OEM / Related Numbers

-   24123552 earlier number superseded by this part

## 📦 Condition

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

## Details

- **Price:** 83.15 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Service & Repair Kits
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 83.15 AUD | In stock |

## Images

- 24618489 Big-End Bearing Kit | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/24618489-big-end-bearing-kit-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-10-11