Hopefully it's a seized electrical motor, but it's possible you have a short to ground. Look around areas of HEAT, VIBRATION and METAL contact. Sometimes wires will short out through a routing hole with a missing or non existent grommet.

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Don't forget to grease the screw and threads on the spring compressor.