from what I can tell, all you can count on with a new Road Morph G is that all of the parts are there. When mine was new, the cap fall off just like the op. Stupid pump cost me an extra $10 before I even got to use it the first time. Who checks to see if all the parts are firmly attached on a pump they just bought? Then a couple of years later, I suffered the dreaded and relatively common "piston fell off" failure and I ended up walking quite a ways. So when people recommend this pump, I wish them good luck.