do brake shoes contain asbestos
Asbestos Brake Linings, Gaskets & Pads - Bendix, Raybestos, American Brakeblok (Abex),Wagner, EIS, Gatke, Maremont (Grizzly brakes), Johns Manville, Fomoco, Delco and Mopar. Until as late as the 1990s, asbestos was used in automotive brake linings and disc pads. Many brake shoe linings contained up to 70% asbestos. Asbestos helped withstand the heat of the friction created when, through the hydraulic pressure of the braking mechanism, brake shoes were pressed against the interior of the wheel drums to stop the wheels from turning.