Dennis,
Thanks for your words of wisdom! I should have check with you BEFORE I got out the rubber mallet. Sadly due to my ignorance, I have ruined the sleeve and ring. The ray of sunshine is that I will never do it again thanks to your post! What is even better is maybe, just maybe somebody like me will read this prior to thier engine maintenance and will avoid the same mistake. Thank you so much for helping me understand what must be understood for ringed engine maintenance!