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We are extremely proud to offer the best Toyota inner axle seal on the planet. Highly endorsed by numerous organizations, the Marlin Crawler EcoSeal has proven to stop leaks in nearly every continent on the planet. From frozen and dry winters to humid and hot summers, nothing out performs the Marlin Crawler EcoSeal.

The EcoSeal features an outer nitrile sealing ring, which is an industry standard method to seal the exterior space around seals. Used in automotive applications for more than 50 years, it is the highest performing and most reliable exterior seal available. It is important to have a good outer seal because broken axles and birfields often damage axle housings, resulting in deep scars, gouges, and cuts. Our nitrile ring scrapes off the seal during installation filling into holes and surface imperfections along the way. Additionally, the nitrile has adhesive properties that hold and "glue" the seal in place for long lasting performance! Keep your gear oil where it belongs!

When we created our EcoSeal back in 2004, we experimented with numerous designs including springs, ties, and straps. Because these choices lacked structure and could easily be reshaped, a better solution was needed. Marlin's mind went to work and created a solid hoop which maintains its circular shape regardless of pressure.

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As of April 2011, we have sold more than 30,000 front inner axle seals to 6 continents. From Alaska to Chile, Iceland to South Africa, and Russia to Tasmania, our front inner axle EcoSeal has been keeping the planet clean and clear from oil leaks since 2005!

The EcoSeal is endorsed and recommended by every leading 4WD organization in our industry. Many of the current and past presidents of these organizations run EcoSeals in their personal rigs.

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The EcoSeal uses a large metal flange making installation a cinch. The stock seal does not have a flange, and therefore careful attention must be done during installation: If the seal is installed too shallow or deep, or even worse, crooked, then it may not be effective at sealing at all. In contrast, the large flange on our EcoSeal does all the aligning for you. It positions the EcoSeal at just the right depth each time, and always mounts flush to the axle housing. The flange self-aligns the two sealing lips perfectly with the axle shaft. Oil leaks stand no chance with the EcoSeal!

We make 7 different EcoSeals in both bare steel and rubber coated versions. Just like Toyota, we use rubber coated seals for aluminum housings and steel seals for steel housings. Aluminum has nearly double the thermal expansion rate as steel, and rubber coated seals depend on this expansion in order to remain seated in place. Moreover, axle housings that are damaged from prior axle failure will easily cut rubber coatings resulting in a leaking rubber seal.

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Mr. W.S. Rogers, founder of the bearing company, was connected with the Ball Bearing Company of Boston, Massachusetts, and in the year 1899 published the first ball bearing catalog used in the United States.

In 1935 the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Torrington Bearing Company of Torrington, Connecticut, and in 1937 the company’s name was changed to Bantam Bearings Corporation to better describe the various lines of bearings which was manufactured.

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Torrington Bearing Corporation was purchased by Ingersoll-Rand in 1968 and operated under this name until 2003. In 2003 the Timken Company approached Ingersoll-Rand and, under a purchase agreement, Timken took over the Ingersoll-Rand bearing division. This lasted until 2009 when the company was sold to JTEKT Corporation.

Until 1928 the company manufactured machine bearings in the town of Bantam, Connecticut, but the entire operation was moved to South Bend in July 1928 and a new plant built.

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Our Marlin Crawler Heavy Duty Front Inner Axle EcoSeals are an amazing upgrade for your truck. If you are constantly replacing inner axle seals because of leaks or axle damage, or you just want to build the most bad ass Toyota front end possible, then these are the seals for the job.

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Price includes (1) seal. Two of these are required to service a front axle. Please click here if you are looking for the FJ40-FJ62 Land Cruiser application of this product

Another great feature of the solid hoop is that it out performs the garter spring regardless of its orientation. The gap in the hoop expands and preloads the axle shaft, maintaining a constant pressure regardless of the deflection direction. In the below images, note how the hoop preloads and preserves the seal in four distinct directions.

Designed and tested in 2005, these seals have been proven to stop leaks in the deserts of Panamint Valley, the rocks of the Hammers, the water crossings of Fordyce, the 10,000 ft high sierras of Dusy Ershim, the Sluice Box of Rubicon, the slick rocks of Moab, the mud of Tellico and the Great Smokey Mountains, trails in Arizona and Texas, the dunes of Pismo and Grover Beaches, and the dry lands of Tierra Del Sol and Truck Haven. They have been used in nearly every continent including countries such as Canada, Mexico, Australia, Germany, Japan, Russia, Chile, Iceland, England, China, Norway, New Zealand, Guam, South Africa, Puerto Rico, Indonesia, Philippians, Holland, Italy, Spain, and Denmark. Marlin Crawler isn’t just keeping America clean, it’s keeping the world free from oil leaks!

When manufacturing restarted in South Bend the company had 55 employees and by 1940 the workforce grew to 375. Over the first 12 years of existence in South Bend the company built several plant additions to handle in the increase in business.

April 2011: We have now sold more than 30,000 inner axle EcoSeals, so we thought we’d celebrate by writing an updated tech article! Please check out the tech article below, and help us celebrate this great milestone for our EcoSeal, the first-ever Heavy Duty Birfield Seal!

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For those who enjoy water fording and mud bogging, this is the seal for you. We've incorporated a bidirectional double helix hydrodynamic pump to keep oil in and water out. The double helix molding adds a hydrodynamic pumping force to the knuckle side of the seal, increasing seal efficiency while haulin' the mail through your favorite mud pit. And if any mud or heavy debris finds its way into your knuckle, we've added a secondary outer sealing lip so the primary seal lip can focus on what it does best.