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I read somewhere, a long time ago, that that's the one connection point on a bicycle that doesn't get grease.
I've never greased the bars or stem there. I do grease the stem bolt threads well. Sometimes I have bars that creak. Enough and I pull the bar partially out of the stem and look hard for cracks. Repeat other side. If no cracks or gouges, I try to tune out the creak,