13-08-2013, 09:10 AM
Heh, even reading this guide makes me cough! No really, reading this thread has made my cough come back. God knows how many of us have actually been exposed to asbestos anyway. When I was at uni I walked past an old terraced house being cleared out, stuff just getting chucked onto a skip in the open friggin' air with particles going everywhere when people were walking past. Don't know whether it was asbestos or not but it was certainly an old house which might have had it as insulation and they weren't proper builders either. In terms of cars apparently asbestos is still used in clutches so don't prod/poke the clutch material.
I think asbestos would be rare in brake components simply because they create dust when they are used and you can't have cars/bikes letting off clouds of asbestos every time they brake! Yes, drum brakes are encased in drums but still the mechanic's union wouldn't be happy about having asbestos in brake shoe linings because every time the drums have to get pulled off it would release clouds of the stuff from dust that has built up inside.
I think asbestos would be rare in brake components simply because they create dust when they are used and you can't have cars/bikes letting off clouds of asbestos every time they brake! Yes, drum brakes are encased in drums but still the mechanic's union wouldn't be happy about having asbestos in brake shoe linings because every time the drums have to get pulled off it would release clouds of the stuff from dust that has built up inside.