Put original damper on new front axle?

tercelbill · Post by **tercelbill** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:23 pm

Hey y'all.

I'm replacing the left side axle assembly on my 85 with a new one from GSP (Advance). The question is, should I put the dynamic damper from my OEM shaft back on it?

The GSP shaft is a slightly smaller diameter but I figure I could fill the gap with something. The new shaft is a constant diameter the whole length where the OEM shaft changes diameter.

Am I going to get a bunch of vibration if I don't replace the damper?

Thanks,

Tercelbill

neonsport · Post by **neonsport** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:04 am

You don't need the damper. I've run those axles both with and without, and have never really noticed a difference.

BTW, is that really a new axle, or a reman? All they list for my local Advance are remans.

keith · Post by **keith** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:46 pm

They have dampers?

tercelbill · Post by **tercelbill** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:07 pm

It's listed as a new axle. A very knowledgeable USAF mechanic I know works at the Advance store where I got mine. He says there is also a cheaper GSP reman. axle and it isn't worth a lick. They get like 95% of them back. He says they haven't had ANY returns on the new GSP axles that they sell.

Bill

tercelbill · Post by **tercelbill** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:16 pm

Oh! ... Thanks for the tip on the axle damper Neonsport

From the Advance receipt for the GSP axles:

"DRIVE SHAFT NEW GSP 20870570
NCV69005 1@ $87.88
LTD LIFETIME REPL
1985 Toyota Tercel"

The numbers for the other axle are 20870530/NCV69006

Bill

neonsport · Post by **neonsport** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:40 am

Yep, you're right. While the new axle isn't listed on the website, I called my local Advance and they confirmed that new axles are available. I'm wondering if they're the same as the Empi axles. Not that it really matters. The advantage to buying them from Advance is that there's actually a store to back up the warranty.

keith · Post by **keith** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:38 pm

That and the EMPI cost $93 ea., I just bought the one for the passenger side.

neonsport · Post by **neonsport** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:35 pm

keith wrote:That and the EMPI cost $93 ea., I just bought the one for the passenger side.

The cost is pretty much the same. The new axle from my local Advance is $85, with tax it'd be almost exactly the same.

I'd be all over the Empis if there was a local B&M that sold them. Even if the mail-order places give a lifetime warranty (and some do), shipping them back just once would wipe out the deal.

Post by **ARCHINSTL** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 7:54 pm

tercelbill - keep us informed on how the GSP goes (I know you will).
It is good to add another to the mix.
neonsport - you certainly make a good and valid point about the shipping return cost if defective.

Also interesting about whether the GSP and the EMPI are the same - I guess maybe a pix would be revealing. I did not see anything on the GSP website.

Interesting about the damper - would Toy have installed it if it were redundant? I did not realize it was removable, never having replaced one - yet.
Tom M.

keith · Post by **keith** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:11 pm

The cost is pretty much the same. The new axle from my local Advance is $85, with tax it'd be almost exactly the same.

I had to pay tax too, so the total came to $103. I don't regret my decision, I made the best decision with the information at the time. Had I known that Advance would be carrying something essentially the same, I would have gone there as I prefer brick and mortar myself. I might wait till next weekend to put it in though, bad weather this weekend.