Gearbox weight

[rolesyboy]

Does anybody know the weight of a Mini gearbox with gearset intact and driveshafts/cv joints?
Also who is best bet for shipping stuff like this within the UK. Its gonna have to go on a half pallet
SHIPLY are hopeless BTW
Cheers. Mark

[kit of bits]

I always use these people mark.
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https://www.paisleyfreight.com/car-part ... gKn8PD_BwE

[timmy201]

There's a good list of mini parts here that have been weighed
https://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/t ... 4-weights/

Gearbox (Including all gears & differential): 26 kg approx
CV Joint Outer (each): 1.700 kg
Drive Shaft Nearside Short: 1.286 kg
Drive Shaft Offside Long: 1.575 kg

[woodypup59]

Roughly 60 lbs - not kg !

[rolesyboy]

Thanks folks.

D- appreciate the link & tried them but they were £130. Top tip - Parcelforce did it for £16 as it was under 30kg

Miniweights - I knew that existed but forgot about it

Woodypup- that sounded a lot so I stuck myself and the gearbox on the scales and as a complete gearbox it weighed 27kg

Problem solved now.

Cheers. Mark

[kit of bits]

£130 seems extremely excessive
I’d have thought a gearbox was on the parcel force not excepted items list?
The other one that’s always worth a try is parcels2go but at £16 you can’t go wrong..

[rolesyboy]

D- I might not have given full disclosure on exactly what sort of box was in the box
Its oil free and wrapped in poly and padding so should be fairly inoffensive
Yeh £130 seemed fairly mental.

[Exminiman]

I shipped a crank to Australia once, about £20, using the ebay shipping service (what ever its called)

It was surprisingly efficient and cheap compared to other services I tried.

Dare I say, you could put on ebay at pre determined time, buyer purchases it and then ship via ebay, ebay fees might get in the way, but for certain items might work.

[rolesyboy]

Thanks. Worth a look next time. Hardly use ebay for anything nowadays. Fees have risen substantially too.
5 years ago I could never imagine a time when I wouldn't be scouring for parts or listing stuff.

[Exminiman]

Fees have risen substantially too.

Yes sold something recently and got charged £44 by EBay on a sale of £325

Joking aside was quite a shock

[Mini-geek]

Fees have risen substantially too.

Yes sold something recently and got charged £44 by EBay on a sale of £325

Joking aside was quite a shock

EBay has scrapped it’s selling fees today.. not sure if they charge for handling the money still but it might make it a better place


Try proovia, don’t know if they’ll be the cheapest but they are definitely the best for taking care of items

[Exminiman]

I saw that, but it said doesn't include “motors” is that parts as well as cars ?

[Mini-geek]

I saw that, but it said doesn't include “motors” is that parts as well as cars ?

I’m 90% sure eBay motors is just cars not parts but I can’t find anything to confirm this

[Stopped-again]

As an eBay addict for many years, I have noticed a considerable drop in the amount of “private” items for sale in several classifications, the main one being “Classic Mini” and for the past couple of years I’ve only been listing items for sale when there was an 80% discount on selling fees. I received the email from eBay today stating all private listings are free from charges. I have read everything carefully and as far as I can see this is a permanent change, it doesn’t include complete vehicles, each private seller is allowed up to 330 free listings per month after that there are fees (let’s face it more than that you’re probably going to be classed as a trader anyway). I can only assume that eBay have taken notice of this downturn and decided to do something about it before they totally lose out to Facebook Marketplace, Vinted etc.

[Jason]

I think listings have also reduced due to EBay automatically reporting data to the HMRC for any seller that sells over 30 items or exceeds £1770 per year. I think from memory this new rule came into effect 1st January 2024.

[rolesyboy]

That's good (for us)
Ebay was great 5-10 years ago but as you say the throughput of 'Classic Mini' items has dropped considerably and there are only so many original BMC '5/16 brake backplate adjusting spanners' and 'Radford BMC Cooper Works driveshaft output shaft covers' I can stomach
I might give it a whirl again. Thanks for sharing