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Scratches like that are fairly common. If it is recessed you don't have to do anything and you will be fine. If it is raised, I would carefully file it down smooth with either a dremel sanding bit or a file so that it is flush with the rest of the shaft. I don't believe that surface would score a seal and cause it to leak.
