Help! Optical drive bay enclousure bent

Hi
I am trying to install a SSD in my 2010 Mac Pro but while trying to pull out the metal optical case it got bent some. My CD player will not come out when pressing the eject button. It's not aligned and the entire metal enclosure case is extremely difficult to pull or push back in.
At this time I don't have the SSD installed and don't want to install until I get this fixed.
Does Apple sell Optical drive enclosures? get one online or is there another work around? Thank you for your time.

Are you certain the problem is in the enclosure, and not in the drive itself? These drives are intended to be mounted with screws from the side, so they should not malfuntion with excessive sideways pressure.
The enclosure is just Aluminum. If it is bent, bend it back.
It's already broken, so you cannot hurt it.
If you give up. eBay in the US is the great "junkyard" for used computers and major sub-assemblies that can easily be "parted out" without too much effort.

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