Originally Posted by
sideshow_bob
5nm is max torque. You don't need that much unless you have slippage issues, use carbon paste and try 3nm.
Also people use grease on the bolts, this increases the effective tension in the bolt, if you use blue loctite you have less chance of over tensioning.
Finally, pinch the bolts a little at a time, do the bottom a turn, do the top a turn, repeat to spec.
I personally prefer Ti bolts as I find my sweat (and riding in all weather conditions year round) corrodes steel ones.
x2 to what bob said in general
5nm is MAX torque. Torque wrenches aren't perfect and theres variation of the resulting torque involved depending on various factors, I read an article on this recently that made me feel like my torque wrench is not much better than going by feel.
In general don't torque to the max, torque to the least necessary to do the job.