I bent one wrong as well. However, I went ahead and installed it. I figured that as long as the float would travel from the top to the bottom I would be OK. I felt that the bottom indication was more critical and made sure the float went all the way down. It doesn't quite go all the way to the top so I figure the indicator will measure full even if not quite at the top. Also, I understand that the shorter arm may reduce the resolution of the reading somewhat (i.e. the slope of the resistance curve would be higher). However, these things are ballpark estimates at best anyway.
Is my reasoning incorrect? Will I run into problems later trying to calibrate my fuel quantity indicator? Especially, since one float was done correctly and the other one is a little short?