I'll try to find the picture, but I'm fairly sure a team gave us a part up north at Lake Superior. In one match part of our catcher/intake arm broke and a team (fairly certain it was 1816 Green Machine, as well as 2052 KnightKrawler, thank you!) gave us the exact part we needed. Here's a picture of the "battle scars":
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/39954 the whole metal rod had to be replaced, as it was obviously bent. We were almost not able to compete due to this, but thankfully we got the right piece in time.