Oyster Bracelet Adjustment Questions (Datejust 41)

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Hey folks,

When I purchased my Datejust 41, my AD sized the bracelet for me before I left the store. As I've been wearing the watch over the past month, I'm not quite sure I'm 100% satisfied with the current fit. I am the type of person who's not afraid of sizing watch bracelets myself (I've done so on several of my other watches from Seiko to Oris to Omega), and so I just ordered the Horofix 2100 screwdriver so that I can make my own bracelet adjustments for my Datejust 41 (and possibly other future Rolexes).

My bracelet is currently sized with the removal of a single link on the 6 o'clock side, and the Easylink micro adjustment springbar set at the farthest notch towards the 12 o'clock side of the clasp. This results in a good fit for the overall length of the bracelet, but places the clasp off-center more towards the 6 o'clock side of the wrist. This is further exaggerated when the Easylink is flipped out.

To my eye, it looks as though the micro adjustment positions inside the claps for the placement of the Easylink are roughly the same size as a single oyster link, and therefore I may be able to retain approximately the same bracelet size, but with the clasp more centered, by adding back in the single link to the 6 o'clock side of the bracelet and putting the Easylink micro adjustment to the farthest notch towards the 6 o'clock side of the clasp.

First question:

Is my assertion here on the approximate equality of the size of a single oyster link to the distance between the farthest Easylink micro adjustment positions accurate? Or, will I end up with a notably larger/smaller bracelet size by doing this?

I also noticed, over the course of the next day or two after purchasing the watch, the link where I'm assuming the AD did their sizing work is slightly "stiff" when pivoting against the (non-removable) link that it's connected to. I'm thinking some Loctite made its way into the the screw channel - possibly because the AD put the Loctite on the male screw threads and then slid the screw through the link (this is just my assumption, they did not size the bracelet within my view). The stiffness isn't really all that bothersome, and it doesn't really affect the wearability of the watch (in it's current sizing configuration), but I'd really like for it to move as freely as the other links on the bracelet if I can get it to do so.

Next question:

Recommendations on how to best go about removing any "residue" (potentially Loctite) from the link channel where the stiffness is being experienced? The challenge will be that this is happening between one of the removable links and one of the non-removable links. Or, is this not even worth it, particularly if it's not bothersome, and something that Rolex can address when the watch goes in for service in 10 years?

Thanks folks!