Broken tabs/ears on pump gear

I've noticed those .748 gears listed also and I've rebuilt numerous 727's that ranged in date of mfg of 1966 to 1990 and all the 727 pump gears I've seen were .747" thick. Not sure when or where they ever used .748 gears. Still might not be a bad idea to mic yours just to make sure.

Generally when you break a lug it's because you didn't get the converter fully seated into the pump and when you tighten the bolts up to the engine the force snaps a lug off. Their hardened so their brittle and it takes very little force against them to break one. When you get the trans back together and put the converter in make sure the pads where the flexplate bolt to are 1/2" below the bellhousing surface. If their not it's not all the way in.

BTW: have you ever taken a pump out to change those gears?