In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 18 Feb 2018 17:58:43 +0000, alan_m
wrote:

On 18/02/2018 17:18, ultred ragnusen wrote:

Since you can't use a torque wrench and a lug wrench at the same time, I
was wondering if they made it just short enough so that a normal person
could not apply "too much" torque to the lug bolts?

99.99% of car owners don't own a torque wrench. The short green wrench
is the cheapest that can be made (and to fit in with jacking tool kit)
to get someone out of trouble when they have to change of tyre in an
emergency. In many cases when the tyre has be installed from factory or
by a the retailer using (air) powered tools most people would find it
very difficult to undo the wheel nuts with that wrench. Much better to
discard it and get something with a longer handle

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Aut...+Wrench/p93520

or

https://tinyurl.com/yag6ddqr



Basically, I was asking if it's short because that way, a normal human can
only apply about 85 foot pounds which is all they can do with that short
bar and their hands?


But don't most people jump on it using their whole body weight ?

Apparently most people don't even change their own tires, if you figure
that 90% of women don't and that's 45% of drivers. Plus what, 10, 20,
30% of men. Of those who do, most don't even think of standing on it,
or, I suspect, are afraid to do so.

Of course there are very few flats these days so getting good data is
harder.