I suppose it must be bent then. Usually they just break.
But FYI there are two kinds of the stainless steel lock that holds the cable to the bracket. The difference is the width of the slots that the cable trunion (plastic adjusting wheel) fits into. The old narrow slots are for the old non-adjustable trunnion, and the wide ones are for the adjustable plastic one like you have. I can’t decide if you have the correct one or not. But it’s in there, so I reckon it must the right one (?).