Bosch dishwasher door spring attachments

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The door of my Bosch dishwasher was falling. At first, it was correctly standing (whatever the position: it you open it halfway, it stays there). Then, one day, I heard a worrying noise. And the door was less firmly standing. I could still let the door be maintained at "almost closed" position. But if you open it just a little bit, it falls to "completely open position". Dangerously so, because you could be surprised and hurt. Then, months later, another breaking noise. And now the door has just a binary position: either it is closed and lock, either it free falls to full open position. Anyway, you know what I mean. And if you don't at this point, that means that you don't need this thing. Turned out there are 2 springs, one at each side, that are linked to both the frame, and the door, through a cord. The cheap plastic link between springs and doors/frame were broken (all 4 of them! the two spring-cord link, and the two spring-frame link). Apparently, internet research taught me that it is a very common break. So, I had two choices. Either buy, for 20 bucks, a replacement pair of springs+link. Even tho there are no problems with the springs, only, with the very cheap plastic pieces that connect them. Either I print replacement for those plastic pieces. So these are the replacement plastic pieces. It is also plastic (in my view, Bosch should have used metal. The original plastic pieces are incredibly fragile, compared to the strong tension of those springs). But I feel that my design is more solid (even tho it is printed) than the original one. It has been a month now that it is in place, and it didn't break (of course I will be certain that it is valid, only when it will have lasted a few years, but I can't wait that long). Edit: I forgot one of the STL, in my first upload (the main piece on the string-size of the spring). It was already in the provided .scad, but few people read .scad.