New holland 68 feeder question

I was using my new holland 68 baler today when I heard a lot of strange noises and shut off the baler. I noticed that the end feeder tine that has the spring on it was bent and was hitting a piece of tubing that runs under it the complete width of the pickup on the baler. What I am needing to know is if that piece of tubing is supposed to be straight?  Mine has a bend to it now and I wasn't sure if that was how it came from the factory of if I had bent it.

 

I plan to just replace it with a piece of pipe of conduit if it was straight from the factory.

 

Thanks for the help

New holland 68 feeder question