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aerohead · 02-09-2023, 01:33 PM

Since drum brakes require 'arcing the shoes', it poses a greater asbestos risk to all associated with them vs pads on disc brakes.
I may have already been exposed to enough to kill me. We'll see.
And disc brakes may be more profitable than drum brakes, especially with corporate-owned dealers, whom would profit directly.
https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/current...lutch-repair-0

02-09-2023, 01:33 PM	#49 (permalink)
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