In a message dated 97-02-17 21:39:06 EST, vwbus@netbiz.net writes: > > I also noticed and I'm not sure if this is true for all VW CV joints > > but all of the ones I have done for VW buses are all marked with a date > > of manufacter. Just in case your wondering if your CV joint is original > > or not. Mine were marked 12/82. Now one side is marked 5/79. > > This is true at least of all OEM Bus/Vanagon IRS CV's and all FWD VW > CV's I have seen. Showed this fact to Steve Dolan the other weekend in > fact, but here is a puzzler, I always assumed the marking was month/ > year, but I got one downstairs marked 14/81, long year I guess, > ideas? Many manufacturers mark products with the WEEK & YEAR for a finer resolution than just by the month. I suspect 14/81 meant early April, 1981. Regards, Jim Davis 87 GL Syncro 88 GL Wolfsburg
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