Mine is soaking overnight and tomorrow I will hit it with a wire wheel and then bead blasting but I wanted to know if these look bent to you?

Actually, I have a couple of questions..

1) Should the silver ball be "locked" tight between those two supports?
2) Does the spring steel "guide" for the rollers and balls look bent to you?

With the guide inside the rail, the large steel cylinder rolls but at an angle against the rail and not parallel like I would have thought. My suspicion is the "guide" is bent from someone slamming the seat but I wanted to check with smarter people than myself to see what they think.