of you do it slowly, then yes, you will hear that. it is metal to metal, not rubber to rubber. however, rings do ned to be replaced from time to time. i would get a new sleeve too and break it in again if i were you, but you can just get a new ring and sand the inside fo the sleeve with 1000 grit sandpaper. i know it seems just wrong, but sometimes the ring will scratch the sleeve and they will wear together that way. you need to eliminate that posibility. you don't have to be able to see it. you can take the backplate off, detatch the con rod, and jsut slip the piston out. the ring will expand, and maybe even crack. what you do is when you get a new one, look closely around the ring cradle for a little something that sticks out. that is there so that the split in the ring hugs that keeping the ring from rotating. it is important because if the split in the ring comes around to the exhaust port, you are screwed. it will expand and destroy your engine. to put it back on, you probably won't need a ring comnpressor. if you look on the bottom of the sleeve, you are likely to see a bevel on the edge. that will compress the ring. just put the piston back in the engine without the sleeve, and then shove the sleeve in. rotate it, and the ring will compress allowing it to slide back in. you will need to break your engine in again.