I suppose that shock fluid is not going to force itself up and into the threads any more than the penetrating oil will from the outside ( by the way I used a "tye wrap" around the tube to create a "dam" the cap always had p.oil up against the seam between the cap and tube).I could be wrong-have been, before. The manager of the service bay did point out that, to him, the cap appeared to be a bit crossed threaded. He pointed it out to me.....for the record I didn't see it....I had already considered that and couldn't see an appreciable difference between the two forks but without actually seeing the threads it's all guesswork.
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