"Just had the bearings done on my Outback" Done being the keyword here. IF the brakes worked fine prior to you having the bearing done, I can't imagine why they are not working well now.
If you do not know for sure that they pulled each wheel and hand packed the bearings, it's a good possibly that they just pumped them full of grease via the e-z lubes. IF that is not done correctly - a warm hub, warm grease, and lifting each wheel spinning it slowly while pumping the grease - it will blow out the rear grease seal and cover the breaks with grease.
Here is my previous experience and post on the subject:
I will never use the Dexter E-Z Lube feature on my trailer. Just last weekend, we decided to remove the drums and do a visual of the brakes and bearings. On the left rear axle and right front axle, the seal was blown. The brakes were covered in grease. I never used the fittings so it must have been done prior to delivery either at the factory or by the dealer.
SO now, the fiver has all new brakes. BTW, the bearings all looked perfect. And mind you, this fiver has less than 7k miles on it.
So it's visual and hands-on checks for me as I do not want to risk blowing those seals and ruining the brakes. Good luck. pcm
They did something wrong. Have them fix it if you trust them. I would be inclined to take it to a different shop. Although I tend do this work myself to avoid such nonsense.
smkettner wrote: They did something wrong. Have them fix it if you trust them. I would be inclined to take it to a different shop. Although I tend do this work myself to avoid such nonsense.
Perhaps the rest of you can chime in on voltage readout settings as well.
Two observations: Prodigy will indicate faulty grounds or shorted magnet wires with a code.
Previous setting of 9.8 even sounds high for an Outback trailer but I'm only familiar with our previous 36 RLTS Cedar Creek Custom that had magnet brakes and was closer to that weight than our current trailer that has hydraulic disc brakes. That Cedar Creek seldom went over 7 volts being stopped by our old Duramax and this trailer although weighing around 17,800lbs soaking wet also never reads over the 7 volt readout under normal braking events
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I have a prodigy and had same problem. Answer was grease on the magnet/ drum surface. Grease on pad will usually cause brakes to lock up. My inner seals went bad and dropped grease on the magnet face. When applying the brakes fully with the manual slide bar the trailer wouldn't even hold my truck back at an idle. We had to remove all drums and clean the magnets/drums.
It could be a bad wire but my guess is a greasy magnet...
Good Luck!
Sean
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The Prodigy will give you a signal if it is not within the correct angle. ex: if pointed upward, it will show _ _ at the bottom of the readout. This is shown in the instruction pamphlet.
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You said that the brakes were fine when you brought it for the bearing repack??
Obviously they did something wrong, grease on the linings does sound like the problem, or else they really messed something else up.
By all means go back and complain unless you have someone else you trust to check it out.
Ed & Shirley.
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