CincyGus
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I've never used the manual lever to set my brakes. I find a long parking lot, get up to about 5-10mph and then firmly apply my brakes in the truck. Continue to adjust the brake controller higher until you reach lockup and then back down a little. Never had a brake controller that would not lock up regardless of if the trailer was loaded heavy or light but I learned something I guess. Have had Prodigy and Tekonsha along with a couple other brands over the years but have always been able to get to brake lockup while setting.
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CincyGus
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halibutman214 wrote:Prodigy's are the only controller I've ever had and 3 out of 3 rigs will lock the tires up big time if I use the manual controller. I'm all for following instructions but not sure why it would say to lock them up. If you can feel them working you should be good. The max I've ever had on mine is 4.0. Any more than that and the TT is stopping the truck.
They want you to find the point that they lock up so you can reduce it slightly from that point to have maximum braking w/o locking them up.
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halibutman214
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CincyGus wrote:halibutman214 wrote:Prodigy's are the only controller I've ever had and 3 out of 3 rigs will lock the tires up big time if I use the manual controller. I'm all for following instructions but not sure why it would say to lock them up. If you can feel them working you should be good. The max I've ever had on mine is 4.0. Any more than that and the TT is stopping the truck.
They want you to find the point that they lock up so you can reduce it slightly from that point to have maximum braking w/o locking them up. If you do it this way it's simply too much brake on the towed vehicle. The TT or whatever your towing will then have more braking than the TV but each to their own.
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Ron Gratz
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Kf4mnc wrote:I am having the same issue. I have not been able to get my trailer brakes to lock up at no matter what setting. I can feel it braking though.
I also have a 2008 Tundra. Maybe this is a Toyota issue? Or maybe it's because you trailer brakes are designed so they do not lock up.
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Kf4mnc
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I am having the same issue. I have not been able to get my trailer brakes to lock up at no matter what setting. I can feel it braking though.
I also have a 2008 Tundra. Maybe this is a Toyota issue?
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Ron3rd
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GAT, I have a similar setup as you have and my brakes don't lock up either. I have an old Prodigy controller. As long as it feels like the trailers brakes are working "strongly", you're good to go IMO. You might need to adjust them though, mine are due for adjustment.
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Official Tekonsha Prodigy P2 Controller Site
Segment 3 shows the adjustment for the P2 controller for those that may not have an instruction manual.
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BenK
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Again, read your manual, as they made by different OEM's and have their own
specifications...there is no one size fits all here
Careful on trying to apply someone else's manual guide to yours if yours is NOT
of the same OEM and model
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Usually reading the instructions for the controler will go a long way. Mine said to adjust the dial until applying the lever SLOWED the trailer. It also specifiec that it be adjusted at a driving speed of around 25mph. Yours may differ so we are back to reading the instructions. You can adjust it to lock up the trailer brakes, but that's not what you want to do. Otherwise, the trailer brakes would lock everytime you pressed the brake pedel. The TT brakes are only meant to assist braking.
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