21445539 V-Clamp | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

A heavy-duty V-band clamp used to secure a designated Volvo Penta muffler flange or adjoining exhaust component.

🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta TAD1380-82GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1381-85VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1384-85VE-IWP

• Engine Family: TAD

⚙️ Key Features

• Genuine Volvo Penta exhaust V-clamp
• Provides even circumferential clamping force
• Designed for high-temperature diesel exhaust service
• Correct factory diameter and flange angle
• Critical sealing and retention component
• Engine type: Turbocharged Volvo Penta diesel

🔌 Function

Clamps adjoining exhaust flanges together and compresses the sealing element.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Exhaust soot or gas leakage
• Clamp distortion or cracking
• Damaged tightening mechanism
• Clamp no longer retains torque
• Exhaust vibration around the joint

🛠️ Service Notes

• Bring the two flanges squarely together before the clamp goes on — a V-clamp centres and holds a joint but cannot pull a misaligned pipe into line
• Seat the clamp evenly round the flanges and nip it up lightly, then tap around the circumference with a soft mallet so the band settles and the flanges centre before final tightening
• Tighten in stages to the figure in the workshop manual for your engine and no further; the clamp is meant to pinch the flanges while still allowing for expansion and vibration, and overtightening distorts the band or the flanges
• Renew the clamp if the band is stretched, cracked or corroded, or if the bolt, nut or trunnion is damaged — a fatigued clamp can let the joint go completely
• Recheck the clamp after the first run up to working temperature, and again at the next service

📦 Condition

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