Drive sockets misaligned in MacPro

I have misalignment problems in the drive bays of my a Quad Core 2.8 GHZ Macpro. There are four drive bays and it appears the e-sata sockets in the back of the machine are bent down slightly because they would not connect with the tabs on the back of the new hard drives. I have Apple Care, but a representative has said I am on my own.
I have been having this problem ever since I bought the machine...only the e-sata drives supplied with the machine seem to fit. If I tried anything else, the drive would slide in on its carrier and then stop just short of connecting the the female e-sata sockets in the back of the machine. If I pushed hard, the sockets in the back of the machine (which are on mounted on little steel tabs) bent down and would not allow a connection.
How do I get this fixed......
I looked around this board and haven't found any postings of similar experiences. and I am wondering why
Tim

No, you wouldn't think that someone buying a new drive today would end up with one that didn't fit the Mac in some way, if even using an interface, like the sleds that Maxupgrades makes for V-Raptors and SSDs. http://www.maxupgrades.com/istore/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_i d=180
Oh, I'm sorry, you're saying that with the apparent approval of Apple, putting out manuals for things the user can modify on their own Macs and having a list of customer installable parts for that end, that the Apple Reps are being insincere? I guess they are sincere to the point you break things. Yeah, that's Apple...
(There are no tabs to bend. Socket to accept power and another for data.)
I seem to recall being very wary when I put my disks in the bays. I seem to remember having the feeling I could push the drive in far enough to damage something in that area of the bay, either the connection itself or something very near it. I felt a few times that the disk was seated when it wasn't.

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