OK Marcus, help me out

I blew a fork seal on the katoom. I've serviced to marzocchi on my 98, no problems. On the 01 with 43mm wp's, different story. I thought both wp forks should be the same but they're not. The right side has in this order: dust seal, cir-clip, oil seal, coned shaped washer and a bushing. The left side has dust seal, cir-clip, oil seal, flat washer and a bushing. The left side popped right in but the right side was very very tight. Are they suppossed to be different? I'm afraid I damaged the seal on the right side because I had to use so much force to get everything compacted enough to get the clip on. Any advice?

Thanks Jer, I did figure out that it is bent. The only problem? is I already put it back and it's still bent. In other words I didn't straighten it out. Do you thnk and problems will result?

I need to replace the dust seal on that side and they are on back order so it won't be a problem to fix at that time. Any advice on racing tomorrow with the fork the way it is? Also would you recomend replacing that oil seal again? I may have damaged it installing with the bent washer.

Thanks Jer

a little follow up

Got to thinking about what you said ""As long as you got it all together, you "Should" be fine.. " I had such a hard time getting the circlip to lock in I was afraid it may come loose. Don't want that to happen. I ended up taking it back apart to have a look. Jer was right, the washer was bent bad . Get this Marcus, it looked like a bushing or spacer. It was turned completely verticle all the way around. I took a cresent wrench and slowly turned it back into shape then put it in a vice to make it flat. Polished it up and popped it back in. Everything fit this time. FYI Jer, I did heat the tube prior to 1st removal, can these things bend under use or maybe someone else bent it and put it back in bent like I did. One thing for sure, I bent it more trying to get the new seal in the 1st time.
I figure I will have to change it again when I change the dust seal but I feel better about riding it tomorrow and not worrying if the tubes will come apart.;)

It took me almost 7 hours to get the right fork done last night, the left one took about 30 minutes. Today it took about 30 minutes to redo the right fork and that included straightening the washer.

Thanks guys.:)