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Originally Posted by johnniecakes
I don't believe the bolt strength is in question but rather the aluminum that the bolts are threaded into. In sheer the aluminum will give way long before a steel or Ti bolt.
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Interesting. I recall reading an article many years ago that claimed the reason there are torque specs on stem bolts was because the weak link in the assembly is the heads of the bolts, that the bolt would break (bolt head would snap off of the threaded section) long before the threaded section would strip out the material it was screwed into.
Then again, I read it on the internet, so who knows how reliable that info is.