tether kill switch install

[honda400ex2003]

**this only works with a normally open switch such as a pro design, pro armor switch, or any other open type switches**

ok, right before the coil there is a black cover looking thing with a bunch of wires in it. they all have quick connects.

1. find the black with a yellow stripe wire that comes from the coil (yellow arrow points to it).

2. disconnect it.

3. pull the boot back and push the long one in the boot with the plug.

4. wrap wire into plug so it touches good.

5. plug it back in.

6. ground out the short one to the bars or where ever you want.

7. mount to bars where you please.

note: you have to add some wire to the switch to make it all the way to the coil for the long one. this requires no cutting or anything to the wiring harness. if you take some time and do it right it is a 20 minute procedure. it is as easy as these 7 steps. then if you want to take it off it is very simple to do.

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Maybe if i get time i will do one on normally closed switches later and add it to this thread. steve

[gt400ex]

need to put this in the sticky thread

[dankbud42o]

yea, def easier than tha way i did it. o well, it took long butthe way i did it still works and its water tight :) shoulda made this thread a week ago steve haha. this should be added to the stickies.

[honda400ex2003]

pappy added it to the stickies this weekend for us. lol. steve

[clemsonteg]

So did you disconnect the black and yellow wire completely and just put in the new wire from the kill switch? I saw another write up here http://atv.off-road.com/atv/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=192238 and it looks like they just tapped into that wire. Does it matter which way you do it, and if you disconnect that wire completely then what are you disabling assuming that wire had a function before?

[honda400ex2003]

i did not leave the wire disconnected, i just pulled the boot back, ran the wire through the connector, then made sure it touched all the way around. After this i just plugged it back into the other half of the connector. Either way will work but they cut wires mine does not. steve

[clemsonteg]

Thanks for the info, I work better with pictures than with words haha, but I understand what you are saying now.

[honda400ex2003]

I dont actually have it hooked up anymore so it would be hard to take pics. I dont even have a kill switch, i just wrote it and found the ones in this thread from other places and circled where i wanted to show. good to hear that you got it though. steve

[clemsonteg]

I fell off the back of mine today and the quad kept going so I thought today that something like this would be a good idea and low and behold here it is. Just need to put one on order.

[honda400ex2003]

Check out the stickies at the top, you will find a ton of stuff along with this one. steve

[clemsonteg]

Thats where I found it, I remembered seeing it earlier today when I was reading about jetting.

[Ryan'07400ex]

Originally posted by clemsonteg
I fell off the back of mine today and the quad kept going so I thought today that something like this would be a good idea and low and behold here it is. Just need to put one on order.

Yea this things perfect for wheelies cause ever once in a while when I stand it up I fall off and it rolls a couple feet and dies. I cant stay on when it stands up for nothing haha.

[honda01400ex]

this worked great!!!! i love my new kill switch!! :D

[honda400ex2003]

good to hear you got it working for you. steve

[bagged92sdime]

this thread is a life saver! lol I bought a pro design tether kill switch today since I might be racing this weekend. the instructions SUCKED! This made it super easy and took me about 20 mins to install from start to finish. Thanx for posting up the info! :)

[jtalleman]

killer post had it working in a matter of min thans alot now if i can only find something that will eep these damn engine bolts from twisting off and haveing to tap a new hole

[01boneless]

Ok steve great write up but i need your help, on my 400 the black/yellow wire comes out of the harness and leads to the coil but,, it has a boot on the wire before it plugs to the coil do i put the kill switch wire there on the boot,,, or,,, do i put it right where it plugs into the coil? thanks bryson ohhh heres a PIC

[beags86]

Originally posted by 01boneless
Ok steve great write up but i need your help, on my 400 the black/yellow wire comes out of the harness and leads to the coil but,, it has a boot on the wire before it plugs to the coil do i put the kill switch wire there on the boot,,, or,,, do i put it right where it plugs into the coil? thanks bryson ohhh heres a PIC

pull the boot back and stick the wire in there, and put the boot back and tape it up with some black tape. it's easier then messing with the wire where it goes into the coil.

[01boneless]

Originally posted by beags86
pull the boot back and stick the wire in there, and put the boot back and tape it up with some black tape. it's easier then messing with the wire where it goes into the coil.

ok dude thanks so the one on the wire (not the plug in to the coil) are male and female connectors right? so those do unplug? I dident want to pull them apart if they are not meant to come apart.;)

[honda400ex2003]

he hooked you up. :D thanks for updating, beags. I have been outside all day. lol

steve

[05DodgeDakota]

I found an arguably easier way to do it today without needing to extend any wire. Tap into that same black wire with yellow stripe at the ignition module.

[01boneless]

ya but if you ever need to remove it you will have to taape that up this way is cleaner!
imho