Re: Asbestos clutches?

Barb Knox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My early-1980's old F&P autowasher has a friction clutch consisting of two
> spring-loaded copper arms pressing against the inside of a copper cylinder
> (which is indeed open to the floor).  It contains no asbestos, or anything
> else.

What number is it?

An F&P guide for models 274, 390, 400, gives:

Clutch:

Centrifugal type, two curved shoes with bonded fibre pads.



In cars `bonded' was where the brake linings were bonded rather than riveted 
to the shoes.