Mini Spares Laygear 22G1100

[Kiwi Craig]

Can any of you tell me of the quality of the Mini Spares 22G1100 Cooper S laygear.
They seem to be made in Italy, but would like some endorsements from any of you that have fitted one to your S.
Just to be used in a road car, not trashed or raced.
Dont want to ship to New Zealand then find out they are rubbish.

[251 ENG]

Teeth on first gear are longer than on original BMC gear which causes issues in a mini box .

Its was originally produced for 1275 midget gearbox

[Rusty old S]

I had one in 333 box and first gear had a whine like Jones’s butchers van in Dads Army and the gearstick vibrated , drop into second different world , fitted a second hand BMC one , perfect in all gears.

[swifty]

You will get different opinions on this that’s for sure . I’ve used quite a few and had no problems at all . First gear will be noisy as it’s straight cut . … Ken

[iain1967s]

I used one in my 333 rebuild. It’s a little bit noisy but I just assumed all straight cut years are like that. Anyway it’s a 3-synchro box so don’t spend much time in 1st

It has a tendency to ‘wind out’ if you try dumping the clutch with a lot of revs on, but that might just be a worn selector fork… other than that I’ve had no problems with it.

[Exminiman]

Teeth on first gear are longer than on original BMC gear which causes issues in a mini box .

Its was originally produced for 1275 midget gearbox

Think I read an article by Vizard years ago, maybe in CCC, about "topping" the straight cut gears (first or SC box) to make them quieter and presumably stop them bottoming out ? This may have some relevance on this application as well...