I checked all the other rings and the #1 ended up being .020 so they are significantly smaller than the .029 of the bottom one, if anything this will just be safer? I read somewhere that its sometimes better to open up the bottom ring a little more. If this isnt true I just sound stupid.

And I ended up just pulling the rings out with my hands, no where near as smooth as the pistons pushed them down, but nothing to worry me.