propshaft replacement
 

I have had rumbles from shaft on acceleration so checked my centre bearing and guibo , guibo was ok but replaced anyway while I had shaft off and replaced centre bearing as it had snapped and rubber was ripped .

everything was ok for about a week no rumbles from armrest area at all on hard acceleration, then it start to creep back so I'm assuming the shaft is out of balance or something .

I want to buy a second hand full propshaft off ebay and I see there are 2 different part numbers for the same model e53 3.0d which is my car 2005.

on my car its part number 7549298
on ebay there is what looks like pre lci and after, my question is can u use a pre lci as its much cheaper and looks exactly the same?

BMW X5 E53 3.0D REAR PROP SHAFT PROPSHAFT 7549298 | eBay

#1123 BMW X5 E53 3.0 D 2003 Propshaft Prop Shaft | eBay

thanks

I had the same thing happen on our 2001. Ujoint had very minimal play but made a really bad vibration. I put entered number off the driveshaft on EBAY and found a real good on a used one plus 1 year warranty. Be sure o replace with exact part number because they have minor differences.

Just get a remaufactuered re-balanced drive shaft and call it a day. You go used you may just end up wasting time and a new vibration comes back.

Thanks for replies had similar issues with my 5 series couple years b4 aswell ...made same mistake with that 1 aswell should of just got a full new 1

Cheers

Yeah Balanced rotational parts purchased used like a driveshaft is risky at best in terms of no vibrations.