if you were using a traditional screw on cog, it would tend to unscrew/strip the threads as you are trying to apply the force backwards in a way that the lockring was never designed to deal with.
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if you were using a traditional screw on cog, it would tend to unscrew/strip the threads as you are trying to apply the force backwards in a way that the lockring was never designed to deal with.