Moved here from touring
I don't think I would repair a dropout failure like that with brass. I wouldn't see any problems with a TIG repair, but it would be hard to properly remove that brass, although I am not a TIG expert.
I can't really recommend using that for a tour. I would think that you can still find those dropouts, in fact I may have one.
Last edited by unterhausen; 01-23-12 at 04:53 PM.