problem with Masscool and AMD 3200+

Hello,
never installed one of these types of coolers before.

I put in the grease placed the cooler over the cpu,
locked the smaller of the clips over the supporter,
then went to the reverse side, pushed down and locked the
larger of the two. However, I am unable to complete the
third step, pushing down on the black clip to actually
tighten the thing. It just wont budge. Step 8 here:
http://www.masscool.com/masscool/socket_754939940.asp

Have I got the whole thing 180 degrees te wrong way
round? Looks like it goes on either way.

On top of that, even though I then undid the two clips
I can not get the device off of the cpu. It seems to have formed
a seal with the grease - I'm afraid to pull it too hard in case the
cpu is damaged.

I thought this design was supposed to make things easier -
Help!
Thanks,
Dave

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