A mass damper for use with a drive shaft center support bearing is located
on a non-rotating portion of the bearing and is suspended on a spring
element for free vibration and has a resonance that is selected to be the
same as that which would otherwise be communicated to the vehicle through
the bearing by the drive shaft and drivetrain components. The two
embodiments are each tunable so that the damper can be set to have
different resonant vibration characteristics, as required for use with
different drive shaft and drivetrain configurations.