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M5 M6 Stem Bolts?

  • 04-10-2013 2:24pm
    #1
    Planet X
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    Can someone please confirm before I order.......


    M5 bolts are the correct size for the 4 screw plate that attaches the bars to the stem?

    M6 bolts are the size for attaching the stem to Steering Fork?


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  • #2
    victorcarrera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭victorcarrera


    The Pazzaz stem I have to hand here agrees with that but I have a suspicion some stem to steerer are M5 also.
    If you have the stem already a handy way to check is remove a bottle cage screw (always M5) and test.


  • #3
    Planet X
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭Planet X


    Cheers Vic.

    Yeah, after a bit of online creeping around it seems that I have M6 bolts on stem/steerer and seat clamp. M5 on the faceplate. All rusting (must've been sweating at some stage on the bike, cannot remember the last time though :))

    Got a bunch of both bolts, SS, off eBay for chips.


  • #4
    Beasty
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    Planet X wrote: »
    (must've been sweating at some stage on the bike, cannot remember the last time though :))
    Possibly from that time you put the bolts at the other end of the stem in the wrong way round and only realised your error in the middle of a race ...;)


  • #5
    Planet X
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭Planet X


    True. I did that, bars swung around mid race as a Tiernans guy went into the ditch and we swerved to avoid him.
    Bolts on back to front. Day before race adjustment. Only because a certain female Vet told me that I was sitting up too high on the bike. Dropped the bars a spacer or two and put bolts on wrong way.


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