p/n info

[urq]

AFAIK the letters don't mean anything specific ... they are likely to be 
variants of the same base part ... that's all.  You might be able to discern 
when they were designed relative to others based on the sequence of the 
letters, but even that seems a bit iffy from what I've seen.

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)


> Has anyone compiled a listing of what the letters at the end of part
> numbers mean?
> In particular the part number for an outer cv joint is 443 498 099  BX
> and    443 498 099  BV
>
> The part number for an axle   443 407 271 AT
>   443 407 272 AK