21808121 Bracket | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta bracket from the Inlet and Exhaust System group, a heavy structural mount at 7.289 kg, listed for ten TAD series engine applications. It supersedes part number 3819636, which was catalogued earlier as a muffler, so this bracket is the current supply against that reference.

🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta TAD1650VE-B/51VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1643VE-B
• Volvo Penta TAD1640-42GE-B
• Volvo Penta TAD1640GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1641GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1642GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1641VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1642VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1643VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1640-42VE-C

• Engine Family: TAD

⚙️ Key Features

• 7.289 kg
• Supersedes 3819636, catalogued earlier as a muffler
• Listed for ten TAD series engine applications
• Inlet and Exhaust System group
• 2 used per assembly

🔌 Function

Carries the exhaust component it supports, taking its weight and thermal movement into the engine or installation structure so the exhaust joints are not loaded.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• The exhaust note changing, with blowing or hissing at a joint pulled out of line
• Heavy vibration or a boom from the exhaust system under load
• The supported component sagging, with its clamps and flanges found strained
• Cracks at a fixing hole or a weld, with rust streaks tracking from them

🛠️ Service Notes

• The number it replaces was catalogued as a muffler, so check what the earlier reference actually supplied before ordering against 3819636
• At 7.289 kg this is a two-hand lift - support the exhaust component independently before undoing the bracket
• Check the exhaust joints and clamps for strain damage once it is off, since a failed support usually cracks something downstream

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM Supersession Chain

• 21808121 → Supersedes 3819636 → Supersedes 3829096

OEM / Related Numbers

• 3819636 earlier number superseded by this part
• 3829250 earlier number superseded by this part
• 3829096 earlier number superseded by this part

📦 Condition

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