Is this SUPPOSED to look "bent"?

AnarchyVA

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Yesterday I went through the exceedingly labor intensive task of replacing the oil pan gasket. I wasn't able to get it all put back together before the sun set. And its going to rain for the next week it seems so she is in a half assembled state right now. But while bolting things back together I noticed that it APPEARED as though the metal clip on the rag joint (looks like the latch on a house window) was bent during the process.

Or it is SUPPOSED to look like this?

I can't find many points of reference online. Of the few pictures I could find online some looked to have the same bend. So I'm wondering if I didn't mess it up at all and I just never noticed this bend?

Below are pictures of what I am talking about (taken from MMFF):
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I have an extra steering shaft in my back room...and..
No it should not be bent like that.
It should be a 90 degree "bend" like the other ones.
There should be 4 of those tabs, two on each side.
 

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