esmith972

First and foremost, I am a new, proud owner of an '85 GS so forgive me for the newbie questions if I ever ask any such as this one.

Moving on, I've got a slight problem. After about 3-3.5k RPMs, one of the belts are squeeling horribly. The altenator belt is tight, the other belt is a little loose. How do I correctly diagnose a problem like this and is there a known problem like this?

Second is, what causes pull when you brake? It's not that bad, but it was noticable at times. I also noticed they squeel a little when stopping.

It's freaking embarassing, I must say. Best way to put it is that it overpowers my broken muffler. No good.

djessence

A little squeeling when braking or what? Might be time to replace your brake pads or you might have some brake pad vibration which can cause squeeling when almost stopped or initially touching the brakes. A little squeal should not overpower your exhaust. DO MAITENANCE NOW. Check everything DO NOT **** around with brakes.

pull when braking is uneven distribution of the braking (or un even wear) or unaligned or if it shakes as well then it could be tire balance or your rotors could need machining.

If you are a proud new owner do a full maitenance thing. Oil, all fluids, etc. Get new belts, they are cheap and then tighten to correct tightness. Check your cooling hoses to make sure they are not soft from oil leakage. 85's are KNOWN for failing hoses under the beehive oil cooler.

Check Trochoids sig line for the link to the FSM. Has good info in it.

pinoyremix

could be your brake pads...but also your brake rotors...

MattG

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You need new belts that will solve the squealing issue, dont cheap out they are cheap enough

Skidtron

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I agree the best belt you can buy is a whole $15 or so don't be a cheap ***. Btw in the long run a rx7 is not cheap to own. Read up and fix things as soon as you find them broken or that car will eat you alive when you finally go to work on it. Also like the guy above said just start replacing all wear items right away. There is no car more neglected than a rotary car if you bought it from just some guy not into rx7s I guaranteed it hasn't been maintained. Nobody likes working on them. They say they don't know how. Like my friend's mom needed an alternator put on her's I was on vacation out of country and she took it to three shops and they all turned here away and said they don't work on them. What you don't work on alternator's? WTF? it happens a lot so don't be surprised? BTW they never even looked at her engine if they did they would have realized how stupid they were passing up easy money like changing an alternator on a seven. lol dummies!

esmith972

Thanks for the advice guys. From what I understand, the guy said he was a rotor head and tried to take care of it. He ended up buying an Audi instead and left a few odds and ends loose. Mechanically it seems pretty sound. I'm definately going to check all of the stuff you mentioned Skid.

Thanks again.