Electricians, please help!?

My electrical service was recently knocked down by a windstorm. I still had power, but the lines were on the ground from a tree limb falling across the wires. The piece that connected the 'elbow' to the meter was damaged. The elbow was damaged, as well (The service comes in high, comes down, and goes though a connection that I call an "elbow" -- which is a right angled thing that takes the service into the meter.)

Anyway, that right angled thing -- called a 2-IN Al LB COND BODY -- was the replacement part.

My question is ... how the heck do y'all get the wires to make that right angled turn into that piece?

Cripes! I fought it for hours! I finally got the wires into the piece and have my power restored.

Tell me your secret to getting the wires bended properly into than connector!

I am very careful around electricity. When the guy from the Power Company came out, everything was properly connected. I just wonder what the secret is to bending the wires to go through the right angled connector.

Thanks, guys!