47 Ford brake shoe relining?

[Ford1941]

I am relining the original front and rear brake shoes for my 47 Ford and had three questions: 1) Which brake linings are best to use the original woven style or the new molded ones? (and why?) 2) Aside from the rivets, is any form of adhesive ever used to secure the brake linings to the shoes? Lastly, 3) is there any health risk of asbestos exposure when either removing old, original brake linings or installing the new ones (do they still use asbestos?). Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Scott

 

[FlatheadTed]

I would use a Mask when removing the rivets ,The adhesive is a baked on type. The linings that are bonded can be woven or molded ,woven with copper wire can be noisy but grip well the one with a gold color wire is a good one to use its the same as the hand brake band material ,also used on Model As well , is the Grey type molded one .The woven ones can be riveted as well as bonded .They all go by a part # that the lining people only know

 

[Ford1941]

Thanks for the advidce. To be safe, I used a professional dust/chemical mask when removing the old linings and then washed all the dust off the shoes with soap and water. I then decided to order a new set of molded linings with rivets from C&G Ford parts that I will rivet on to my original shoes. Thanks again, Scott