I had a quick look and couldn't see anything obvious.
I would focus your investigation in this area.
It's likely broken due to the force of inserting a tape and this is where those sort of parts are.
I don't think you have much choice but to first remove the entire tape loading module from the VCR so that you can see it properly on all sides.
Take a video of everything you do to when removing it. Then you will have a reference to check when reassembling if you're not sure where something goes or what connector goes where.