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it certainly didn't feel cross threaded as i could go all the way in easily, it just caused the spindle to stick ...
I took the whole thing out this morning , cleaned the threads again and greased the inside of the adjustable cup as well - it has a rubber seal around the inside that I thought maybe causing resistance.
I screwed the cup all the way in and out again a few times. It seems to have fixed the problem to the point I can get the cup in about 1mm off the shell, which I could fix with a spacer. Not sure what the problem was / is but seems ok for now . Bearings don't feel amazingly smooth but not really noticible when pedaling .