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I didnt notice until about 2/3 way down that the pesky kids at the top had undone the QR on my front wheel.
They hadn't, QRs unscrew themselves when subjected to the wheel ejection force caused by disc brakes.
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Yeah we all remember that very sad Fox forks Brecon Beacons incident and moved our QRs to the NDS because of that and watched it like a hawk. In this case no. This had been undone. I was just hungover and didnt check / notice. In that part of rural India, back then, the kids were all over your bike when you stopped. Never took anything, but pulled and twist every lever possible, to see what happens.
The point is that fork has quite a recess so got away with it which re-assures a skinny shim washer will be fine.
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I think I used a thin washer, just enough to the legs cleared the bolt heads. Used it like that for ages.
IIRC that fork has quite a deep recess to capture the hub oln. I once did the descent on the rough track from Ooty Hill station in Tamil Nadu down to the Indian Ocean. Its one of the prettiest rides you can do and the descent is about 2o miles long. I didnt notice until about 2/3 way down that the pesky kids at the top had undone the QR on my front wheel.