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Yes 6Nm felt like way over doing it. Wasn't comfortable about it. Also I feel that level of tension between the top cap and the wedge is likely to unseat the wedge. I'll probably slacken it off when I get home. Carbon fibre is scary, I'm scared I'll do something stupid and wind up with a piece of junk
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@BernardRenault
^ sounds a bit ballsy as all you're doing is prestressing the stack which I do by hand with an allen key, (ENVE say 1.6Nm) I use the front brake test for any wobble after torquing the stem bolts to 5Nm. Theres a lot of theory on here that says you should have one spacer above the stem, so the stem bolts are not effectively making the top of the fork into a cone shape under compression which can cause the headset to come loose.