Repairing a broken dishwasher plate rack (Bauknecht GSF PL 961 A+)

We love our dishwasher, but it has a weakness: the plastic caps that hold the plate racks. They break easily and seem irreparable. After two broke, we used 1 plate rack instead of 2. When the third out of 4 broke, I had to do something... otherwise, how do we get our plates clean?! I thought I finally found a case where it would be better to replace than to repair. So, I visited the Bauknecht website to look for new plastic caps. They cost 22 Euros. Each! Making Bauknecht 66 euros richer for 3 of them! Forget it! Repair rescue on the way.
















In the picture above they were glued with superstrong cyanoacrylate-based glue. It did not hold under the forces of clipping them back...I did not like the idea of trying all my different special glues for their strength and subsequent test for temperature stability and waterproofness...

There is an other solution to this!

I used isolated iron wire to fixate the holding cap to the plate holder (one of the 4).

Pay attention to the details: the underside of the cape remains wire-free.

Also the back remains wire-free. Strength and stability are guaranteed by: the one tight bond over the front (in the photo),  a tight connection between the two rack parts, a horizontal wire between at least 4 vertical spikes, and a stabilizing crossing in the upper center of the cap (in the photo) which fixates in the gaps and fixates the bond over the front.

I hope this helps to repair yours as well!