Muncie Drive Gear - advice needed

[L16pilot]

Update: Success...steel drive gear installed.

I preheated the oven to 500 degrees, then heat soaked the drive gear for 30 minutes. With swift action normally reserved for a trained Olympian, I positioned the gear on the output shaft and in one fluid motion, placed the iron pipe "driver" over the shaft and tapped...almost nothing. Tapped again...absolute nothing. Tapped it off and I got maybe 20-30 thou engagement. Okay, on to plan B. Fired up the torch, took it to a nice dull red and it literally slipped on without any coaxing. Actually had time to check the position without being rushed.

Lots of ways to skin a cat, but heating the gear in an oven to 500F just wasn't quite enough. If the output shaft were out of the trans, I would have preferred to press the gear on, but the torch method definitely worked for me.