When I have problems after make repairs like you described, I usually assume that the new problem has to be associated with what I had just done, so yes go back and ensure that every thing was put back together correctly.
Was the fuel pump blowing fuses before you worked on the u-joint?

I keep thinking that it may have something to do with your fuel pump. When you 1st turn on your key, the fuel pump primes (you can hear it running), when you try to start it again after it dies, do you hear the pump running? When you let the LED screen go blank and try it again, do you hear the pump running?

 

Hi Chief, was wondering how you've been doing. The u-joint that broke caused the shaft to flail around before I could get it stopped last Fall (2023) and it tore up the bottom of the gas tank (didn't rupture, but really dug into the plastic. I had the Eagle River dealer change out the tank and swap over the gas tank parts, (I did all the other repairs). First ride out on the season (July) is when I got the problem with the fuel pump blowing the fuse and I changed the unit myself...seemed pretty straight forward and had no problems.

I hear the pump prime when i bump the starter. I really didn't listen for the pump on the 2nd restart after i let the system shutdown and reset, because is starts so quick I just pressed on with my destination. I know for sure I hear it on the first start up and it does start and idle just fine, it is when I start moving and then let off the throttle to shift is when it dies and won't start up. Then I let the system reset and starts up and I don't have the problem until I shut it down for awhile (3-4 hours) and it didn't do it everyday, maybe every other day or sometimes twice a day. So it was sporadic.

 

Yeah, being an intermittent problem really makes it hard to pin point what is happening.

Going back and checking to see everything was put back together correctly (what you did and what Team CC did), is a start. Then I think I would check the fuel pressure (leaving it on and shifting to see the reading when it dies.

Have you tried to pull the codes? As you know, it will only pull up active codes, so if you don't get anything at first, you may have to pull codes when it actually happens.

Another thing is to check all your connections, paying attention to the pins for any corrosion.

 

Thanks, I may have to breakdown and find a good Can Am diagnostic tool for codes. It would eventually pay for itself, especially if the shop rate in Alaska is 145.00 an hour with a 1.5 hour minimum

 

Yeah, the nice thing about having a diagnostic tool would be that it would pull both active and non-active codes, but I would try the procedures for pulling it yourself first and then if that didn't work, then I would try to duplicate the problem and when that happened I would try the procedure again for pulling the codes yourself.

But having those tools they provide you a lot more than just the ability to pull codes, and if your in it for the long haul it might be well worth your investment.