No, the bearing cups are not identical... at least not aesthetically. If I instead would have flipped them around when I installed them, then the words "Cane Creek" would be upside on the bottom cup. I seriously doubt that is my mistake.

My biggest concern is still that I over-pressed the bottom cup. I thought I had plenty of washers positioned inside the cup so that the force was being exerted on the inside diameter. However, there is a chance I over-pressed it and exerted too much force on the outer cup rim, essentially squashing it by 1mm. But the cup is still properly shaped-- at least it looks proper. I'm not sure how easy it is to have this happen, but everything still fits fine... except that lower retainer ring keeps falling by just a bit.

Do any mechanics have anything to say on this?