which ones had asbestos brakes?

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which ones had asbestos brakes?

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was just reading an article, said PSA started taking away asbestos brakes and clutches between 1993-1996, does that mean phase 1 xantias do or don't have asbestos linings?
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I would suggest on those figures, they may, or may not. It seems that most linings up to that time used asbestos and I must confess to breathing a lot of brake dust since the 1950s - bit I'm still here at the moment, although my wifes uncle who worked in ships engine rooms wasn't so lucky!
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Ever wondered how much of that asbestos is released into the surrounding air when cars brake, and what the cumulative effects on people are? Take a used pollen filter which is black from road dust - how much asbestos is there I wonder. Would be interesting to find out.

Still, easier to blame everything lung related on smoking. Not diesel and other carcinogens.
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glad to hear you are surviving still

does make you think that we must be safer in a car with filtered air than walking
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citrov6 wrote:does make you think that we must be safer in a car with filtered air than walking
Best excuse I've heard for not walking anywhere and using the car instead! :lol:
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JamesQB wrote:
citrov6 wrote:does make you think that we must be safer in a car with filtered air than walking
Best excuse I've heard for not walking anywhere and using the car instead! :lol:
Works for me :D
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i would have thought by now there arnt any of the earlier XANT's running around on there original pads, be it with or without asbestos,

as i though all replacement pads were now and have been for quite some time, been asbestos free,

the type we use now seem to have a fishy smell

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