Or good old bailing wireI have no idea what you are dealing with but can you run a couple of heavy zip ties through the spring to keep it compressed when you release it? It works a lot of times.
Kind of what I was thinking just didn't want to find out it has a bazillion pounds of pressure on itOr good old bailing wire
So today I pulled this linkage from the machine and one end slid out that's not right. So I screw the other rod out now I can tell the spring has no more pressure on it so i take the gland nut out all apart now worries now I just have to get New part and reassembleKind of what I was thinking just didn't want to find out it has a bazillion pounds of pressure on it