Re: [CR]asbestos in automobile brakes....don't foget Modolo pads aswell

(Example: Racing:Jean Robic)

Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 22:04:33 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]asbestos in automobile brakes....don't foget Modolo pads aswell
References: <7c.35c1c3f7.2b830c10@aol.com>


Dave Anderson wrote:
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> (cut) But wait, it gets better. Older
> MODOLO brakepads contained a fair share of asbestos in them.

I don't think the Modolo sintered brake pads (early 1980s) contain asbestos. I believe they are sintered with resin to improve their wet braking performance.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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