3843316 Bushing Kit | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta bushing kit from the Marine Propulsion group, weighing 1.975 kg. It consolidates part numbers 3843266 and 872553, which were catalogued earlier as propeller bushings, and cost records show 4 applications on DP series drives.

⚙️ Key Features

• Marine Propulsion group
• 1.975 kg
• Consolidates 3843266 and 872553
• 4 applications on DP series drives from cost records

🔌 Function

Provides the bushing set that mounts the propeller on its shaft, carrying the thrust and giving the drive a controlled slip path if the propeller strikes something.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Engine speed rising without the boat picking up
• New vibration after hitting something
• Bushing spun in the hub, or the rubber perished
• Propeller able to move on the shaft
• Rubber crumbs and black dust around the hub

🛠️ Service Notes

• Bushing kit 3843315 at 1.154 kg also consolidates 3843266, so that old number is claimed by both kits and the propeller must decide which you need
• Clean and grease the shaft, fit the bushings dry of grit, and torque the nut to specification

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM Supersession Chain

• 3843316 → Supersedes 3843266

OEM / Related Numbers

• 872553 earlier number superseded by this part

📦 Condition

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