Fork Oil Change

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I decided to change the fork oil today. Followed the instructions in the Haynes manual, which says to measure and note the position of the spring spacer retaining nut. How critical is it to get this right and should both sides be the same? I measured the distance as 11.6 mm on the right side and 14.6 mm on the left side. I was expecting them to be the same or very similar.