Originally Posted by
easyupbug
"Spec" meaning exactly what
Crankycrank said above, alternating torquing, gradually, and obviously greased, but I just pulled my cap off and I have one M6 that is 3mm longer than the other two, the shorter rearward and the front the longer. They did not move with my 3 NM Torque key but it did not take much more to pull. I know repeated torquing of aluminum even with lube can cause thread failures but that should not be the case with a stem.
So Your faceplate has even gaps top and bottom? As for the bolts, the bottom bolt is original and is longer.
I was trying to do that, alternating torque and make it pull evenly but then top was very loose and handlebar wasn't secured at all. Handlebar is 26mm I measured it with caliper.
