Admitting I'm somewhat new to threadless steerers, a question I have:

This pic shows the top of the steerer tube on my alloy 2026 (not one with Future Shock) Diverge once the steerer cap's been removed:



Am I safe in assuming that the 9nm / 80n in.lb. is for that central, threaded bit into which the stem cap bolt screws?

Seems absurd to infer it to mean the stem cap bolt should be torqued to 9nm, when maybe 4 or 5 would be enough, if its purpose is simply to preload the bearings in the headset until the stem's clamp bolts have been torqued?

I want to mount a longer than 80mm stock stem's why I'm asking.