Vibration at idle in Drive solved.

[Turbo_Bimmer]

Originally Posted by x5745li

Just wanted to share something with everyone.
I was experiencing a lot of vibrations at idle in gear, stopped with
foot on the brake. This was occuring in both reverse and
drive.

I previously replaced both engine mounts and this did not resolve the problem.

This weekend I replaced the right front CV Shaft in my 2003 X5 3.0l and
now the vibration is non existent and the car drives as smooth as when it was new.

A bad CV joint will cause vibration when it rotates. Your vibration is when the X is stopped. I doubt it was the cause of your problem. Maybe you tighened someting while doing the job that took care of the problem.

[x5745li]

The right front inner CV joint had a lot of play. I removed the front wheel and grabbed the shaft and moved it up and down. The inner joint has about a 1/4 of play. I went to Advanced Auto and bought the completeshaft NEW for $115 dollars, plus sockets to remove the old one and mount the new one, two different sizes.

Check your cv joints. Prior to this I had replaced all the motor mounts and the vibration persisted. The motor mount change was a waste of moeny.

[KMan]

Originally Posted by Turbo_Bimmer

A bad CV joint will cause vibration when it rotates. Your vibration is when the X is stopped. I doubt it was the cause of your problem. Maybe you tighened someting while doing the job that took care of the problem.

Sorry to revive an old thread! After changing motor mounts, front drive shaft guibo, figured out after testing that my passenger inner CV was pooched. Changed it out and it has solved my vibrations at idle just like OP also no more audible click when shifting into drive or reverse.