Do-It-Yourself Story

Removed lower two cover panels to expose the springs, one on each side. Removed the stretched springs and old worn plastic guides on the upper spring attaching point. Put the plastic guide on the new spring partially seeing where there is open space on the edge of the guide. Note that the upper spring hole is oblong at the top of the spring so put the guide in the round part. Since I did not pull the dishwasher out from the counter it took some care to get the upper part of the spring and plastic guide seated properly with a screwdriver due to clearance issues. With a flat blade screwdriver the bottom of the spring is easily seated in the retaining hole. Reattached the lower cover panels using a nut driver or screwdriver.