FYI if you overtighten a stem it doesn't crush the steerer right away, but it will leave indents in the steerer after a while. At that point it becomes a bit tricky to adjust a different stem, like if your original stem was a bit cockeyed or something.
Hm. This may have been a seatpost. But I don't think so.
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