wishes i could have gotten you a pic , it was a shaft 2 1/4 " by 36" grooves were at 2" from bottom ,3", seal flanges to bottom(4" was a hydralic port cut to the left 5" another hydralic port cut to the right ) then ,seal groove at 6" and 7" seal flanges to top then oring groove and washer.. top of shaft has two ports drilled down to 4 and 5 inch ports...........again wished i had pic shaft ... dont think i could have gotten seal down 2 inches and gotten it on the way you explained and the other seals had to go over it or work one all the way down to the 7 " groove........ it really has me puzzled im pretty good at firguring things out after i look at how they work ....and pisses me off too i couldnt .. hydralic shop owner smiled at me when he seen what i had ..took 10 mins to put seals on and would not let me watch.. billed me no charge...again im pissed cause i couldnt do my job even thou no charge............ im a 39 year old community college grad diesel - heavy equipment tech ,,,,,present to mid 2007 saw mill diesel tech then from mid 2007 to 2006 i worked at a trucking company as main tech and only tech with 2 helpers for 38 trucks and over 200 trailers .open top walking floors ,possum bellys , logging, cats, cummins ,ac inspection .grrrrrrr too much work not enough money but needed the floor time ,before then cotton weaving loom tech 1987-2005 due to company shut down and moved overseas ............i love my job just hopes my job lasts a long time.............good luck all in these hard times