853513 Spacer Plate | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta spacer plate, part number 853513, listed in the Marine Propulsion group. It is a machined or pressed plate within the assembly, locating the parts around it and taking the loads that pass through the joint. 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 spacer plate
• Marine Propulsion group
• Locates the parts around it and carries joint loads
• No fitment or dimensions published against this number — check it against the parts list for your engine

🔌 Function

A machined or pressed plate within the assembly, locating the parts around it and taking the loads that pass through the joint.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• A joint that leaks at the plate faces, with a wet line or staining at the split
• Excess play or endfloat where the spacer should be setting a clearance, or a component sitting visibly out of line
• Knocking, rubbing or fretting noise, with bright polished or fretted marks on the plate faces when it comes off
• A plate found cracked, dished or corroded, or the fasteners through it found loose

🛠️ Service Notes

• Fit a spacer of the same thickness and type as the one removed — a spacer sets a clearance or an alignment, so substituting one is a change of setting, not a like-for-like repair
• Clean and inspect both faces for burrs, ridges, fretting and distortion, and dress off high spots so the plate seats fully over its whole face
• Keep the original stacking order and orientation where more than one plate or shim is fitted, and note which way round the plate came off
• Renew the gaskets, seals or sealant either side if the joint uses them, and tighten the fasteners evenly to the figures in the workshop manual for your engine
• Where the manual gives a clearance, endfloat or preload to be checked after assembly, measure it rather than assuming the plate has restored it

📦 Condition

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