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Weight 6 speed Gearbox ? - vliegwielolaf1234 - 01-29-2012

I was wondering wat the weight of the gearbox is .

I will be taking it out end of the week , and don't want to find out that it is to heavy to carry on my own .



I have a car lift and some device to keep it in place when i am taking all the bits and pieces off , but at the end i do have to carry it , and put it in the trunk ofmy car .



So maybe i should get a friend out here to help me lift the geabox ?



Thanks

Weight 6 speed Gearbox ? - flash - 01-29-2012

given that it's a transaxle and not just a transmission, i have to think it's nearly 200#

Weight 6 speed Gearbox ? - tamathumper - 01-29-2012

With no disrespect to the manliness of the men in Biddinghuizen, I think you'll need a friend. And be really careful driving with it in the trunk. In the event of an accident, that thing will be a really, really big missile.

Weight 6 speed Gearbox ? - vliegwielolaf1234 - 01-29-2012

[quote name='flash' timestamp='1327847774' post='121113']

given that it's a transaxle and not just a transmission, i have to think it's nearly 200#

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Found it on the net , should be 175#

Weight 6 speed Gearbox ? - vliegwielolaf1234 - 01-29-2012

[quote name='tamathumper' timestamp='1327849843' post='121114']

With no disrespect to the manliness of the men in Biddinghuizen, I think you'll need a friend. And be really careful driving with it in the trunk. In the event of an accident, that thing will be a really, really big missile.

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I will strap it down good for the autobahn ride , to bad it is not in the porsche .



And i'll give my farmer friend a call , he has the right size arms for the job .



Reason i asked is because it happend to me before , al of a sudden the transmission is loose and you find out it's kind of heavy , but dropping it would not be a good thing!!!!!

Also size is not always an indication off weight , last one i had i my hands was a 55chevy transmission with overdrive unit wich looked kind of small and not that heavy , we lets say gravity was really pulling on it .

Weight 6 speed Gearbox ? - DaveN - 01-29-2012

Definitely a 2 man job if you have no transmission jack. I put a 951 trans in my S2 and even at 6-4 and 230 lbs I was struggleing to move that thing around. Should have seen the UPS guy who delivered it <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/laugh.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

Weight 6 speed Gearbox ? - flash - 01-29-2012

it's a very awkward difficult dead weight. lots of things to bugger up too, as well as hurt you. dead lifting into a trunk will not be fun on the back either.



be careful

Weight 6 speed Gearbox ? - vliegwielolaf1234 - 01-29-2012

[quote name='flash' timestamp='1327857262' post='121131']

it's a very awkward difficult dead weight. lots of things to bugger up too, as well as hurt you. dead lifting into a trunk will not be fun on the back either.



be careful

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Yep i know , no risk with my back , i got operated on it once now (think it's called a herniated disk ) , they refused to operate for years because it was a very difficult place to reach with a 50/50 outcome , not very good .

But glad i did , it's been 3 years since , result is riding rally's on my KTM (baja kind of racing ) and in june my second marathon , but don.t want to take a risk with lifting heavy stuff like this .