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#49592 08/27/2005 6:58 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 | We've been working on the brakes on the '46, and My friend (who's been helping me while grandpa's laid up) mentioned the other day that his dad thought that the truck might have asbestos brake pads.
The brakes haven't been touched since 1964 (probably earlier than that) and I was thinking that it might be possible.
So, my question is this: What are the chances that they are made from asbestos? | | |
#49593 08/27/2005 8:34 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,782 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,782 | About 100%! All brake linings were asbestos until the 1980's or later, and I don't know any mechanics who have developed asbestosis from working around brakes. Now, if your job is grinding brake shoes 8 hours a day for the past 30 years, you might have a concern, but simply handling asbestos-base brake shoes every few thousand miles on your own vehicle is a lot less dangerous than standing on a golf course waving a metal club around, if there's a cloud anywhere in the sky! Don't sweat it!
Jerry
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#49594 08/27/2005 8:40 PM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 314 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 314 | The asbestos would only be a problem if you were to inhale the dust from it. Otherwise no problem. | | |
#49595 08/28/2005 3:26 PM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 | The guys are right. It's not a big safety issue (unless you ask the 1-800-IMA-CROOK lawyers on TV). Inhaling the dust is the problem. | | |
#49596 08/29/2005 1:40 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 | | | |
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