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I have seen this carbon (and AL) fork blade length discrepancy a lot. The rim is off center often only a couple of MMs. With about a 3x factor (dropout width VS rim radius) that means about a half MM of dropout slot removal is often the amount to be filed out.
What can't be changed, but still could be in play, is blade splay to either one side of center or in a twisting manor (axle VS crown not parallel). With a steel fork both of these can be "prodded" but with Al or carbon forks I consider these to be uncorrectable. So, having a corrected centering wheel might look right but still be less then aligned. Andy
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