The date of manufacture of a bearing is indicated as a code on the box.

number of the calendar day followed by the letter of the year.Example:

007Y means January 7, 2002. Code

065C means 6 March, 2006.To indicate the year of manufacture, SKF uses the l
chrono-logical order; see list below.
A 1958 1981 2004

B 1959 1982 2005

C 1960 1983 2006

D 1961 1984 2007

E 1962 1985 2008

F 1963 1986 2009

G 1964 1987 2010

H 1965 1988 2011

J 1966 1989 2012

K 1967 1990 2013

L 1968 1991 2014

M 1969 1992 2015

N 1970 1993

O 1971 1994

P 1972 1995

R 1973 1996

S 1974 1997
T 1975 1998

U 1976 1999

V ––

W 1977 2000

X 1978 2001

Y 1979 2002

® SKF 2006
Year letters
as a code on the box.The code contains the
of the year.Example: Code

nufacture, SKF uses the letters of the alphabet in