# 478954 Bearing Shield | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta bearing shield marked Nitro, from the Engine group, weighing 0.488 kg and listed for 33 applications across the TAD, TWD, TID, TAMD and TD series.

## 🚤 Compatibility

-   **Engine Family:** TAD, TWD, TID, TAMD, TD

Full model list at the end of this description.

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   Marked Nitro
-   0.488 kg
-   33 applications across five engine series
-   Engine group bearing shield

## 🔌 Function

Shields and retains the bearing, keeping it seated and holding the lubricant path to it.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Rumble or growl from the bearing behind the shield
-   Oil weeping past the shield joint
-   Shield found distorted or cracked at a fixing hole
-   Fretting where the shield bears on the bearing outer
-   Bearing found able to move in its housing

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   The Nitro marking is the specification separating this shield from similar ones, so quote it when ordering
-   Check the bearing and its housing bore before refitting the shield and set end float where the manual specifies it

## 📦 Condition

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

## 🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

-   Volvo Penta TAD1030P, TAD1030G, TAD1030GE, TAD1030V
-   Volvo Penta TWD710G, TWD710P, TWD710PB, TWD710V
-   Volvo Penta TAD730G, TAD730P, TAD730V
-   Volvo Penta TAD1031G, TAD1031GE
-   Volvo Penta TAMD72P-A, TAMD72WJ-A
-   Volvo Penta TAMD73P-A, TAMD73WJ-A
-   Volvo Penta TD730ME, TD730VE
-   Volvo Penta TWD1230ME, TWD1230VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1032GE
-   Volvo Penta TAMD102D
-   Volvo Penta TAMD71B
-   Volvo Penta TD1030VE
-   Volvo Penta TD71A
-   Volvo Penta TD710G
-   Volvo Penta TID71A
-   Volvo Penta TWD1030ME
-   Volvo Penta TWD1031VE
-   Volvo Penta TWD1231VE
-   Volvo Penta TWD730ME
-   Volvo Penta TWD731VE

## Details

- **Price:** 145.19 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Bearings & Bushings
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 145.19 AUD | In stock |

## Images

- 478954 Bearing Shield | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/478954-bearing-shield-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-09-06