Have new brake controller(Prodigy) and new brakes on fiver. I feel I have very little trailer brakes. The guy who did brake job said he will adjust brakes once I took a trip. If I try to brake with the lever under controller, it hardly stops the rig. Does it sound like adjusting the new brakes on rig will do the trick? Was scary driving on highway with out good braking control of rig. Feels like on brakes are truck brakes stopping it.

Need a little "breaking in" and then re-adjust fivers's brakes.

Have you adjusted the controller it may be on a lower setting which would reduce the amount of braking for the 5th wheel even using the manual lever.Adjusting the brakes on the 5th wheel will make a difference if the brakes were improperly adjusted to begin with. Even with new brakes they should have been properly adjusted and you should be able feel the 5th wheel brakes come on when using the manual lever.It sounds like either the brakes weren't properly adjusted or the controller is turned to too low of a setting.

Yes Adjusting the brakes should help. Our new fiver needed an adjustment bad. I figure the delivery of the unit seated them and I adjusted them and made a big difference. A new set of brakes would be the same, though I would think if they were adjusted properly when replaced they should work fairly effectively even though they were not wore in.

If the brake controller is set at a higher number and you have little braking power from the trailer brakes, I would not tow it very far without him readjusting the brakes. It should hold better than that, even if they are new.

He should have adjusted the brakes immediately after replacing them.

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rvluversnc93
Explorer
Jun 25, 2014
Yes Adjusting the brakes should help. Our new fiver needed an adjustment bad. I figure the delivery of the unit seated them and I adjusted them and made a big difference. A new set of brakes would be the same, though I would think if they were adjusted properly when replaced they should work fairly effectively even though they were not wore in.
the_bear_II
Explorer
Jun 25, 2014
Have you adjusted the controller it may be on a lower setting which would reduce the amount of braking for the 5th wheel even using the manual lever.

Adjusting the brakes on the 5th wheel will make a difference if the brakes were improperly adjusted to begin with. Even with new brakes they should have been properly adjusted and you should be able feel the 5th wheel brakes come on when using the manual lever.

It sounds like either the brakes weren't properly adjusted or the controller is turned to too low of a setting.
Turbo_Diesel_Du
Explorer
Jun 25, 2014
Need a little "breaking in" and then re-adjust fivers's brakes.

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