Originally Posted by bulgie

Sorry I don't have time to fully analyze all that, but I will say that bent spring can be replaced, probably easier than straightening it. It's the same spring as on NR, Nuovo Gran Sport, "980" and a couple others. Shouldn't be hard to find a usable replacement, like cannibalizing a crashed/bent NR.

The weird mismatch between your cage and the spring cover angle may mean one of those parts has its holes drilled in the wrong place. (Did they change the location of those holes, from the older to newer production? I wasn't aware, if that's the case.) Take the other one apart too and see if you can see which part is different from the others. Drilling one new hole in the right place will probably fix it. Drilling the spring cover will be eaiser, since the cage has that steel nut that's pressed in place, wich causes the drill to come through partly in the steel and partly in the soft alloy. That makes the drill want to wander, potentially catching or snapping from the side load. Obviously do-able, but I'd still choose to drill the spring cap.