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I picked up a rb26 timing belt cover to use on my rb25, it came with backing plate and i already have the cam covers, ive cut a hole for the vct, but it has a small chip on the lip on the top edge (why i picked it up heaps cheap), its only small, like 15mm long 5mm into the cover. I have a mig but im not setup for alloy.

Im thinking of trying the hts2000 rods to repair it but thats $50 to get them here but will have leftovers for future repairs so kinda handy, would it be cheaper to get a welding shop to do the work or is there any other methods to repair it that could work out more economical?

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Are you going to paint it or polish it? If painted, then it doesn't really matter as much, and the solder / brazing type products will do a good job (with less distortion than welding most likely) - even some epoxies / metal fillers will probably be OK. Polish will be very hard if not impossible to match with the parent metal - even with welding.

Otherwise, a welding shop who specialises in aluminium can do it easily enough - shouldn't cost more than $20 or so - maybe even less. I always like to have a go at these things myself, and if it means I end up with some extra tooling / consumables, then that's always a bonus.

Yep it will be powder coated, ill see what a workshop quotes, if its only $20 then ill get them to do it otherwise ill give the alloy rods a go...

Thx for the replies much appreciated

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