No paste and torque was to low. I have torque wrenches for everything. I never guess torque. On anything. For the bike I use the red bontrager torque wrench. I hand tighten first to get everything even and then torque to spec. Forgot to torque to spec because excited to get ride new position. It may seem like an extreme drop yes, but I wanted to see how low I could get comfortably without putting too much weight on my hands. 20mm of spacers with a 90 mm stem flipped down -7 degrees on a 54 cm frame is where I am at rigjt now and it's comfy. I have my bars rotated to look like they are a continuation of the stem and my hands are super comfy there. It's a new bike so I am constantly playing with my position for now.