Originally Posted by
Brian Ratliff
If you hear a crack, you take the joint apart and inspect the bars. If the bars are still okay (the crack might have simply been coming from a misaligned screw), you put it back together, paying really close attention to how you tighten the bolts. You tighten until you can jump on the bars and not have them move. Like I was saying previously, the torque spec is a max, and it pertains to stripping the threads on the stem and has nothing to do with the bars.
If I hear a 'crack' from a composite material, why would I put it back together? Not arguing here, but I really would like to understand the rationale that would have me continue to use a part made of CF from which I had heard cracking? I am hard-headed, but some what educatable (even if I can't spel), and would appreciate the info.