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Old 02-04-2005, 05:50 AM
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breathed in some brake dust and I heard that's bad?
Replaced my rotors last night with brembo slotted ones. While there, I cleaned the calipers thoroughly with a metal brush and now I'm scared. Well apparently breathing in brake dust (and there was quite a lot of it) can be harmful. This is the first time I did something so stupid. What do you think?

 
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Old 02-04-2005, 05:54 AM
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Get a face mask and you will be ok next time.
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Old 02-04-2005, 06:00 AM
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You should call your local poison control center immediately.
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Old 02-04-2005, 06:04 AM
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what will they do about it?
 
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Old 02-04-2005, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Armani
what will they do about it?
Well, since it happened a while ago, not much.

Hopefully you won't develop lung cancer or lupus in the next few days. If you're lucky.
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Old 02-04-2005, 06:11 AM
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Constant breathing of brake dust is really bad but this amount wouldn't do anything to you. As long as you were able to get fresh air, you should be fine.
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Old 02-04-2005, 06:17 AM
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You'll be fine... you need "prolonged exposure" for it to do any real harm. One or two good whiffs is just going to make your pee-pee shrivel up.








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Old 02-04-2005, 06:20 AM
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You''l be fine, there was more of a problem back in the day when pads and shoes were made of esbestos, which they aren't anymore. Even then you need constant exposure for a prolonged period of time to have any real problems.
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Old 02-04-2005, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by dallas0593
You''l be fine, there was more of a problem back in the day when pads and shoes were made of esbestos, which they aren't anymore. Even then you need constant exposure for a prolonged period of time to have any real problems.
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Old 02-04-2005, 06:30 AM
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LOL ...Sorry Asbestos
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Do you have a Will made out?
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Unless you are coughing up blood, I wouldn't worry about it. But don't let it happen again.
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Old 02-04-2005, 09:31 AM
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lol yeah, I heard all about asbestos but brakes made of this were banned in the 70s/80s. I feel great, I mean I ran on my treadmill, like I do every morning and felt no different. I saw the dust when brushing it off the calipers, and did my best not to breathe it in by trying to hold my face away from it as far as I could, while breathing mostly through my nose, which I guess filters the air better.

Anyway, thanks for the responses guys. I'm paranoid of things like that. I love the Maxima, but it would suck if it ended up killing me in return
 
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