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brake pad groves.....BAD. how to fix?

muddeprived

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I acquired a HP30 from a fellow jeeper and I'm in the process of tearing it down and painting it. I noticed the brackets for the brake pads have really bad groves in them from the pad riding on it and digging in. They go down at least 1/8" so it's pretty deep. What's a way to fix this? I don't have any welding tools or anything like that. I was thinking of taking some thick aluminum sheet metal and bending it to fit over the bracket like some brake pads come with and somehow using rtv or jb-weld to mount it so it doesn't move. This'll give the pads a new flat surface to ride on. Will that work or will the pads destroy this little cover bracket?

Are there any other ways to fix this?
 
Welding is the only option.
 
Yep, weld up, grind down flat, good to go.
 
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