ok so my 2005 polaris 800 was working fine and then wamo now when i turn the awd switch on the light comes on and goes off like it should except for when i put it in reverse the light comes on without having to push the overide button like it used to be when my awd was working any ideas awd no longer works in any gear put that is the difference i noticed

 

welcome to the forum. dos the awd work at all? wondering if the roller cage in the front end is broke?

 

well i took it apart todaythey wear plateis pretty bad rollers are fine i got 12.3 out of the switch and 25.2 out of the hub but when pluged it back in they magnet was not grabing the plate i cut the brown and w wire grounded it to the frame and it grabed the plate,i dont think it grabs hard enuff tho cause when i put it back together i could hear it magnatize but it would not lock n, i think that part is the plate but whats up with haveing to ground the brown wire something else is bad to?

 

wow, you lost me on that one. i'm assuming your saying the plastic cage and the rollers were fine and something about you had to cut a grounding wire to check voltage?

 

cage and rollers was fine, i tested the volts from the switch and it was fine, i tested the ohms from the coil and it was fine,but when i pluged it back together it didnt work, then i cut the brown /w wire and grounded it to the frame from the front case and it worked then, so my ? now is is it the switch, speedo or what causeing me to have to ground out the wire to make my awd work

 

is your speedo working?the awd is ran through the speedo and if it doesn't work then neither will the awd. by what it sounds, you have found the way around w/ the brown/white wire then is like number 14(guessing)in the speedo harness which you ground out and the awd will work.