Shower Door Ball Catch Replacement

This is a really silly thing, and I have no clue how long/well it will work, nor if anyone else cares, but here goes:

My shower door has a little catch that is a ball that snaps over the shower frame when shutting the door. A spring lets it move back and forth, and a screw adjusted the travel. Somehow the screw got too loose and the little carriage with the bearing got lost. I couldn't find a replacement, so either I print one or figure out how to get a different catch to work or replace the whole door. Guess which one I picked?

I used a #10 tap to make thread for the adjustment screw. My screw was too long so I also made a little spacer for the other side.

After making the threads, I pressed in a 1/4" bearing, but may have messed up some measurements because it was really hard to press into the little tube thing.

I printed @ 0.2mm with 100% infill since it needed to be strong and was pretty small.

Note that there's a notch in the side so that when you adjust it, it goes back & forth instead of just spinning when you turn the screw.

I suppose you could build the rest of the catch if desired. It needs a spring and a cylinder for this piece to travel in. There needs to be some room for the plunger bit (this bit) to slide so that it can catch whatever it hits and retract to get free.

It doesn't work quite as well as I remember the original working, if I did it again I might chamfer the housing a bit because it's almost hitting before the bearing.

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