What is the significance of these stickers on Shimano Components
12-02-23, 10:19 AM
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What is the significance of these stickers on Shimano Components
This is a FD-6703 with a date code of KF (2012-June), which is pretty close to the KH showing on the round sticker. Are these QC/inspection stickers, or some other meaning? If they are QC stickers with the bottom letters indicating the date they were inspected, what do the top letters mean?
12-03-23, 11:01 AM
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What is the significance of these stickers on Shimano Components
Posted this in the Mechanics Forum but didn't get any replies so trying again here.
This is a FD-6703 with a stamped date code of KF (2012-June), which is pretty close to the KH showing on the round sticker. Are these QC/inspection stickers, or some other meaning? Might make sense, with the final inspection [size=13px]occurring[/size] two months after the [size=13px]production[/size] of the part. If they are QC stickers with the bottom letters indicating the date they were inspected, any idea what the top letters mean?
This is a FD-6703 with a stamped date code of KF (2012-June), which is pretty close to the KH showing on the round sticker. Are these QC/inspection stickers, or some other meaning? Might make sense, with the final inspection [size=13px]occurring[/size] two months after the [size=13px]production[/size] of the part. If they are QC stickers with the bottom letters indicating the date they were inspected, any idea what the top letters mean?
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They show the manufactured date. Shimano has had those in sticker or stamped form for decades.
No idea what the other 2 letters are- I don't remember seeing multiple 2 digit codes.
Maybe thats the country or factory code for where the specific parts were made? WAG.
No idea what the other 2 letters are- I don't remember seeing multiple 2 digit codes.
Maybe thats the country or factory code for where the specific parts were made? WAG.
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They could mean anything, possibly as simple as the initials of the inspector.
You might do better on the C&V forum, since this b would be of more interest to those who collect bikes than those who ride or fix them.
You might do better on the C&V forum, since this b would be of more interest to those who collect bikes than those who ride or fix them.
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12-04-23, 09:56 AM
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Thanks for the reply. I am familiar with the stamped date codes and have used those many times over the years to help determine the model year of a bike. While I remember also seeing the stickers - as you said for decades - I never paid much attention to them. In this case, if the sticker is also a date code, it differs from the date code stamped in the part by two months. That's what made me think it might be a QC/inspection date - close to the production date but not identical. Either way, close enough to not waste any more time.
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I checked a few Shimano components from around the turn of the Century lying around in my parts pile.... er.... carefully catalogged in my parts bins. They follow this same pattern - second, smaller two-character code indicates the same month/year as the stamped code, or 1-3 months later.
