In an electrical connection to a microactuator in a disk drive suspension, an electrical lead is adhered to a microactuator using conductive adhesive and is also mechanically pressed up against the microactuator using a bias mechanism. The bias mechanism may be a spring finger that is welded to the suspension, or it may be a stainless steel finger that is formed integrally with the trace gimbal assembly. The resulting bias force that presses the contact against the microactuator surface reduces the small failure rate that can occur when the conductive adhesive separates from the microactuator's surface as a result of stress such as induced by thermal cycling.