Boring Question - Sorry

Alloy handlebars, alloy stem.
What 'Nm' should I achieve to clamp the bars which currently creak a bit under power?
Thx.
What 'Nm' should I achieve to clamp the bars which currently creak a bit under power?
Thx.
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i'd try taking the bars off, cleaning all the clamping surfaces, stem, bars, faceplate, lightly grease the threads of the bolts, reclamp
when clamping, do it a bit at a time and try to even the force over the faceplate
for instance, if it's got four bolts, viewed from front...
1 - 2
|....|
3 - 4
...do them up in this order 1 4 2 3, start finger tight, then give each a half turn until you reach enough force to clamp the bars, 5-6Nm is usually plenty
oh, and have a good look just to be sure there isn't a crack anywhere!
Thank you. The stem is a Ritchey Pro with 5Nm on it but I wasn't sure if this was pertaining to carbon bars.
The bars have some sort of 'sticky tape' on them at the point of grip.
The bolts have not been previously greased. Could I also use a grip paste?
for the bolts, just a little grease or anti-seize
assembly paste on the bars at the clamp point won't hurt, but on alloy-alloy it's really not needed
i've never had any sticky tape on the clamping area of bars i've used, presumably it's to reduce the clamping force needed, the fact that it's there would put me off applying paste/whatever to it, if the tape is in good condition i'd leave it alone
FYIW, the lack of grease anywhere probably helped part cause the creaking in the first place.