Ran into my first problem with my new to me 9VE. Wanted to thoroughly clean it so I disassembled the slide. That was fairly easy; however, reassembly has turned out to be a real challenge. In my case, the extractor spring is under what seems to be an excessive amount of pressure because no matter how hard I push the spring assembly will not stay in place long enough to replace the slide cover plate. I removed every thing and double checked to make sure that the extractor and the safety plunger were clean and properly seated but after repeated tries I couldn’t hold the extractor spring in long enough to slip in the rear slide cover plate. I’ve had my Glock slide apart numerous times and have never experienced this sort of difficulty. I’m 6’0 and weigh 190 pounds so I feel that I should be strong enough to seat the spring. Something else has to be wrong. 
Right now the tips of my fingers are sore and my patience is worn out so I’m going to leave it alone and give it a go in the morning. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Right now the tips of my fingers are sore and my patience is worn out so I’m going to leave it alone and give it a go in the morning. Any suggestions will be appreciated.