1) Obtain 2 pre-transposed gears i.e. tyrant gloves and sweetwater gloves
2) Lock either or of the gears you wish to transpose i.e. tyrant gloves and locked sweetwater gloves
3) Successfully transpose the two together to obtain a transposed gear
4) The item guard will NOT remain on the newly transposed gear and when the remaining time of the "guard" expires, the game will delete your transposed gear