grim_d
Unlikeable idiot.
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You are all missing the point, except for me and the OP. There is a difference on this set up to most, in that the brake carrier is separate from the dust cover. Yes it is welded to it but the only strength it adds is for those spring keeps that keep the shoes in place. I used to assemble truck axles, and the dust covers were bolt on and optional, some had 'em some didn't.
It's not about overall strength, as you said yourself that is where the shoe retaining pin/spring is. A shoe coming adrift is very undesirable. My concern would be the continued corrosion as opposed to strength.
In direct answer to the OP's question..the best way to repair that assembly is by replacing the backplate.
The second best option would be removal and a dunk in a rust removal solution then welded repair...but once it's off why not replace?