Who has hooked up a kill switch? did you use normally closed or normally open kill switch and what wire did you hook it to?

Thanks Much

oooo!!! Sorry to bring up this old topic but I'm in the same boat. Can anyone help with installing a ProDesign Kill switch on the 700? Thanks.

The 700 is not too fun. I blew out several fuses doing it.

Thanks, anyone else?

Rig the switch up across the two wires coming from your crank sensor to your CDI/ECU. This interrupts the signal and stalls it when the tether is pulled out. That's how I rigged up mine and it works perfectly everytime - instantly.

_Chipwiz_Ben_

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

did it work im havein a hard time hookin this puppy up myself blown all fuse and replace them.. now not sure were to go if anyone has pics of this install it would be so helpful

so far ive tried the pro design 2 wire on the coil (were the spark plug goes) red wire ..blows fuses
Q should it go to the red wire (coil) blows fuses... or to the orange wire ? i want to be sure so i dont have to cut to many wires .. neg goes to neg batt. post

next i tried a gunnar three wire (NC) tapping into the e stop wires coming off the handle bars (red)
result: fuel pump wont engage but i get display lights .... helppppppppp

tks but im unsure of the location of the crank sensor or the cdi more details are needed for this rookie :o)

I don't have a wiring diagram for a 700, but on the YFZ diagram, it's in the top left hand corner and labeled 'A.C. magneto'. There are two wires, a red wire and a white wire, that come from the crank sensor to the CDI. These are the only white and red wires that go into the CDI and crank sensor.If you're lucky, these will be the same colour for your 700. Easiest way to do it is to look at the side of your crank case, there should be a wire coming from it that goes under the nose. Follow this wire. Chances are, there will be 4 wires inside it, but two of these (white/black and yellow/red) will probably go to your battery; the other two (red and white) are the ones going into your ECU and the ones I would recommend you rig your kill switch to.

_Chipwiz_Ben_

Got a Pro Design switch with a Baldwin pigtail -- takes the guesswork out of hooking it up and looks really good 'cause it has OEM type connections.....

hers a pic of what i believe to be the crank sen. there are 3 white wires... a blue/yellow wire ... and a green wire ... lol callin all raptor owners with a tether my snips are waitin.. and chip i thank you so much for all your typing efforts your help is greatly appreciated

That looks like your puppy. I would guess that those thicker ones (the ones to the left of the pic) go to the rectifier/regulator then to the battery (larger due to increased current going through them) but this may be a camera trick. My money is on the other two going to the ECU for a signal. Here's what you can do:

1. Follow the wires, at least one of which will probably end up at the ECU
2. Find where the other goes (probably to the ECU also)
3. Run the quad if you can and join the two wires with another wire or bit of metal (leave the original wires plugged in, just 'short them' with the new wire)
4. If the quad stops, you've either just sucessfully created your first kill switch, or bust something - My money's on the kill switch though.
5. With the piece of spare wire or metal still crossing the two, try to start the quad. Everything should work, the engine should turn over, the fuel pump come on etc, but it should NOT spark because you're interrupting the crank signal to the ECU.
6. Take away your spare wire and try to start again.
7. BOB BOB BOB BOB BOB

If you were to cut these wires and attach a kill switch across them, common sence should prevail - make the joint under the nose and out of waters and harms way. DO NOT cut corners, make sure you shrink wrap or tape up (with good quality electronic tape) your new connections, don't just leave it loose and exposed. If your wheel falls off, it's nothing that a rock and zip-tie can't fix to get you home. If your kill switch stops working because of negligence, you better get looking for tree branches that turn into copper, or a good rope and a friendly quadder.

Regards,
_Chipwiz_Ben_

Did it work? :)

_Chipwiz_Ben_

burrrrrrppppp buuurrrrrpp like a charm big tks chip under the nose looks clean and best of all not going to get wet tks again

No problem, have any pictures of the final article? Where did you mount the switch, in the plastics or on the bars?

_Chipwiz_Ben_

we have Pro Armors Kill switch installation kits in stock
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And this will work with a pro design kill switch on a 700r?

Well, I figured it out a while ago, but here's what I came up with and it works every time, no blown fuses. This is a Pro Design Kill Switch on a '07 Raptor 700.

-Ground the short wire.
-Splice the longer wire to the bottom off the coil (orange wire) which interupts the signal.

When tether is pulled, everything still works, just no spark.

Hi, In the link below you will see the Raptor 700 wire diagram I have extracted from 2007 Service Manual.
Raptor 700 Wiring Diagram
I have conected a kill switch on my Raptor 700, normally closed type. This is easy to install because you have to interrupt the same wire that the on/off switch on the handlebar. When you disconnect the teather interrups the electricity. No problem.
Now, I want to change the kill switch because I bought a Pro Armor Kill Switch beacause it has stronger construction.
But the pro armor kill switch is normally open type and it is more risky to install because means that you have to make a bridge between the ignition and the ground making a short circuit, detouring the signal to ground. If you make a mistake you could damage the ECU.
Here you have a link of the instructions of Pro Armor instalation.
http://www.proarmor.com/store/instructions/Y022001.pdf
As you see in the instructions, you have to connect the kill switch to the ignition coil, but in Raptor 700 there are two wires in the ignition coil. Looking the wiring diagram, I think that the correct wire to conect the normally open kill switch is the orange wire (which conect the ECU with the Ignition Coil)
Somebody can confirm if I'm in the correct way? Is the Orange Wire the correct one to short circuit to ground to turn off the engine without damaging the ECU?
I hope the information be useful for others too!
Regards from Argentina!
Diego

When i did mine i just chased the two wires from the regular kill switch on the handle bars back to where it was under the plastic. Cut one wire and wired the switch into it using heat shrink tube and I have never had one bit of trouble. I am not saying it is write but my regular kill switch still works and my tether works great and i have never blown a fuse of any kind...took about 30 mins.

Go to Baldwin Motorsports. They've got a cool OEM style connector for a Pro Design switch. Easy to install and looks sano.....

Thank's for helping me 450 Medic! Finally I connect a Pro Armor Kill Switch on my Raptor and works perfectly
Just in case other people need information about how to connect I am attaching some information and photos that could be useful.
First a Wiring Diagram with the place you have to connect a Normally open kill switch (like Pro Armor or Pro Design)
Where to connect kill switch (Wiring Diagram)

The wires of kill switch should be connected, one to the orange wire from the ingition coil and the other to ground (frame) Tp avoid cutting wires I make something similar to the mentioned instalation kit that you coul see in photos (and of course cheaper!!!)....



















This forum helps me a lot to do this, that's why I consider to upload this photos, someone else could need it.
Regards...
Diego

Will this work on a YFZ450 as well. The instructions don't mention the YFZ450, just the raptors?