The use of asbestos fiber is being avoided due to its carcinogenic nature that might cause health risks. A new brake pad was produced using banana peel powder and kenaf powder were used to replace the asbestos. The chemical effect of the Phenolic resin (phenol formaldehyde), as a binder was investigated. The resin was varying from 5 to 30 wt% with interval of 5 wt%. Mechanical properties such as density, porosity, compressive stress of the various natural fiber based brake pads were studied. The results shown that compressive strength, hardness and specific gravity of the produced samples were seen to be increasing with increased in wt% resin addition, the samples, containing 25% of banana and 10% of kenaf powder shows excellent results in mechanical properties. © 2015 Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.