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Asbestos Brakes & Clutches
Raybestos Passenger Car Brake Service Manual (1979).  Contains health warning about the hazard of asbestos dust.
Mechanic 3 & 2 (1948). U.S. Navy Manual. Asbestos clutch facings.  Brakes for motor vehicles made out of woven lining and molded lining, both described as asbestos containing. Gasoline engine with asbestos gasket.
Johns-Manville Automotive Products Catalog (1940) Brake linings, clutch linings. Asbestos packing for water pumps.
Gatke Corporation (1944). Brake Linings & Clutch Facings. Also Asbestos Textiles. U.S. Navy Spec.
John Deere Parts Catalog (1965) Asbestos brake linings and clutch facings for John Deere farm equipment and tractors.
Clyde Iron Works Inc (1954). Advertisement for asbestos lined brakes for general purpose hoists.
Brakes and clutch facings for automobiles and industrial equipment often contained Chrysotile asbestos.
Twin Disc Clutches and Hydraulic Drives (1944). Catalog shows products for machinery, oil field equipment, marine engines, and more.  Clutches described as containing asbestos friction material.
Westinghouse Maintenance Hints (1960s). Westinghouse Electric Brakes had asbestos lining. Also information on asbestos containing industrial micarta, and insulation use.
See Also: Automotive Category for information about asbestos use in engine head gaskets.
Thermoid Brake Linings & Clutch Facings (1939). 1930s catalog featuring Molded Brake Lining, Brake Segments, Lining made of Asbestos Fabric, etc.
Frey Industrial Supply Catalog (1944). Raybestos Asbestos Brake Linings for trucks, buses, trailers, & machinery. Le Tourneau Clutch Facings made of asbestos.  Linear Asbestos Packing.
Industrial Control, General Electric Catalog (1940s). Asbestos use in A-C Magnetic Contactor and Brakes.
Brake Linings (1935).  Covers asbestos brake linings, including information on blue asbestos, manufacture of linings, asbestos yarn, woven linings, molded fabric linings, friction blocks, Raybestos brakes, etc.