24799266 Flexible Coupling | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta flexible coupling, part number 24799266, listed in the Marine Propulsion group. It sits between the engine and the transmission or drive and absorbs torsional vibration and small amounts of misalignment, protecting the gears behind it from shock loading. Volvo Penta publishes no fitment, dimensions or assembly detail against this number, so check it against the parts list for your own engine before ordering.

⚙️ Key Features

• Genuine Volvo Penta flexible coupling
• Marine Propulsion group
• Absorbs torsional vibration between engine and drive
• No fitment or dimensions published against this number — check it against the parts list for your engine

🔌 Function

Sits between the engine and the transmission or drive and absorbs torsional vibration and small amounts of misalignment, protecting the gears behind it from shock loading.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Rattling, clattering or knocking from between the engine and the gearbox, often loudest at idle and quieter under load
• A clunk as gear is engaged, or a shudder as drive is taken up
• New or worsening vibration through the boat that follows engine speed rather than boat speed
• Perished, cracked or crumbling rubber, or rubber debris found around the coupling or in the flywheel housing
• Growing free play or backlash when the driveline is turned by hand with the engine stopped, and in the worst case a complete loss of drive while the engine runs on normally

🛠️ Service Notes

• Check and set the alignment of the engine and drive before and after fitting a flexible coupling — it absorbs vibration and a small amount of misalignment, it does not correct a driveline that is out of line
• Handle the rubber elements carefully and keep them clear of oil, fuel and solvents, which soften and swell rubber and shorten its life dramatically
• Fit the coupling as a complete unit, use new locking hardware wherever the workshop manual for your engine specifies it, and tighten the fasteners to the figures in that manual
• Turn the driveline over by hand after assembly and check that it runs true, with no binding and no excessive free play
• Inspect the coupling whenever the drive is separated for any other reason; the rubber is the part that ages, and planned replacement is far cheaper than a failure at sea

📦 Condition

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