Need some tranny advice Options

[Redracer]

I have a tailshifer that I'm rebuilding. I have a few questions.

1 Pressing on new dog teeth: Off is no problem? But pressing the new teeth on! do I heat them on a hot plate, and press on with lock tite?? Anything else I need to do, Stake them in? I have found no info about this on the web.

2 I have found 1 of the shims behind the pinion gear to be damages from either too much end play, or thrust load. I'm assuming these are for adjusting end play on the pinion shaft? What is the End play, and I'm guessing I use a feeler guage to set it between one of the gear sets??

3 I'm moving the gear assembly including the ring and pinion over to another case, since the original was cracked at the bellhousing due to some impact in a collision. Are preoads on the diff bearings the same from case to case or do I need to reset them?
4 THe gaskets at the intermediate plate I believe are for setting pinion back lash? Do I go with the same gaskets thicknesses?

Thanks in advance

Al Hafner