Topic: 550K76 front leg numbers

[Deltarider]

My '76 500K2 (Europe) has the same front legs as the '76 CB550K. Left and right - just above the axle holders - you'll find a number stamped. May I ask you '76 CB550K owners to kneel down and communicate what number you have there? What were/are these numbers for and... are the numbers always the same left and right?
The number is small and next to some sort of Japanese sign.
Reason I ask: I have a '4' left and a '5' right.

[Stev-o]

Mine are 2 & 4 on my '76K.

[Deltarider]

Thanks. So I am not the only one who has different numbers left and right. Still curious what they are there for.

[Deltarider]

How about the other 500s and 550s?

[dave500]

ill look later for you.

[Lars]

Will check mine later, too.

[dave500]

my left has 4 raised cast,the right has 6 raised cast and a hand punched 7 k,they both have h f raised cast in the same area,this is a 73 500.

[Deltarider]

Thanks

[Stev-o]

Could they just be cast numbers?

[Deltarider]

Wat is a cast number for?

[dave500]

probably if they have a faulty leg they know what die it came from and can stop it being used untill its looked at?

[percolate]

Related question:

I have a 76 550f and a 77 550k parts bike. Want to rebuild forks - or rather rebuild the 77 fork tubes and put them on the 76. 76 has the boots, 77 does not. I like the boots. I can put the boots on the 77 fork tubes, right?

And the 77 has a 7 on the left, nothing on the right.