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Allied/Bendix Bendix has, in fact, been successful in developing asbestos-free products for select applications but not all applications. Aftermarket is of most concern. Automobile front disc brakes is a very severe application for front wheel drive cars. Rear disc brakes - may be able to use a cost-effective, asbestos-free organic disc pad. Non-asbestos organic drum brake linings first Installed on US 1984 light trucks and then on 1986 passenger cars. Some of this technology has recently been transferred to use on medium size trucks. Friction Materials Standards Institute . Semi-metallic disc brake pads are now on front brakes of passenger cars and light trucks most have them. Aircraft brakes are non-asbestos. Non-asbestos developed for: Clutch facings in heavy duty area Passenger cars The industry is working on substitutes for Light, medium and heavy truck drum segments Truck/trailer blocks Scan-Pac Manufacture non-asbestos friction materials for industrial application. Non-asbestos products since 1977: Lawn and garden tractors Snowmobiles Snow throwers Industrial clutches Electric brakes Hoists/winches/cranes/shovels Asbestos-free products perform as well as, and in most cases better than, asbestos products. Federal Express fleet of 390 IVECO vans have shown good results; last 4x as long. 113