Chevy BB cranksahft cast dates?

[rally]

Guys do you know if Chevy cast dates on there crankshafts at the foundry? I have a BB crank and it looks like a raised letter 69 near the top of the front throw? Did they do this?

[bcmiller]

I don't know.  All I ever look for is the casting number.  A date on a crankshaft is not important to me.

[rally]

but important to me fella.

[bcmiller]

Why?  When is the last time you had to pull the pan at a show to have them verify the crankshaft was correctly dated for your car?

It may have a casting date if it is a cast crank.  See this link for where to look.
http://www.chevytech.com/2c50o6.html

Some may have a forging date, but I am not sure on that.

[JohnZ]

Some may have a forging date, but I am not sure on that.

Forgings weren't dated, although many had a code adjacent to the forging number that identified the set of forging dies used to make the part.

[bcmiller]

Thanks for clarifying that John.

[z10kl]

This looks like a date to me.

[JohnZ]

This looks like a date to me.

Yes, it is - that's a cast crank.

[z10kl]

My bad. I thought he was asking about big block cranks in general.