Any of the small red/white wires are powered up only when the key is on. Should be an unused one in the main harness depending on model or you can tap into an existing wire.

 

So your saying red wire with a white stripe??? Will the winch be powered when the quad is started??

 

Main winch power leads to the battery or the prewired harness if equipped.The smaller red wire with white stripe was power up for the commutator/switch.

 

You lost me opt. I need to connect a switch control wire to the ignition switch to both run and battery on to control the winch so I don't have to turn the quad on all the time.

 

The small red/white wire is only for the switch control. You should have a commutator or solenoid of some sort that is the main power for the winch motor and cables hook to the battery.

 

No solenoid but a relay that controls forward reverse and what not to the winch. The control switch mounted on the handle bar needs a power when the key is turned to on or run. They say to use a circuit tester to find a wire that has power when the ignition switch is turned to on and run. So I was asking without having to test all the wires which wire to hook up to.

 

Like I mentioned ANY red/white wire is only powered up when the key is turned on. You should have a spare one in the main harness or simply tap into any red/white.

 

Okay. Thank you.

 

opt can you replace the ball joints in the front??? Looks like they are sealed into the shock/strut tower??? Also the cv half shaft is shot on the same side. Manual says to pull sharply to pull it out the front gear case, but I am getting no joy. Any suggestions?? Thank you.

 

You may have to heat around the drive shaft area along with using PB Blaster,Liquid Wrench, etc to help remove it. Usually short,fast, rabbit style jerks can pop one loose. On the ball joint some have heated them up and either used air or a grease gun on the zerk to remove the ball joint like in this video. OR just buy a puller from ebay or amazon.POLARIS ATV BALL JOINT REMOVAL TOOL TRAILBOSS TRAILBLAZER SCRAMBLER SPORTSMAN | eBay