I spent a good part of the day following the Haynes' procedure for removing the rear sway bar from a W201. The steps worked fine, except their belief that the bar could be removed without dropping the rear subframe. Nothing like being under a car trying to figure out what angle of attack is going to work until you realize that the book is wrong.

I'd be willing to bet that someone has done it - which doesn't make it easy or the best way to do it. I've seen them error in the other direction too - say to remove a part that doesn't really need to be removed.

I have always thought of the Haynes manuals as a good first step. They are something to read over before you move on to a more detailed book.

I think for most people they are OK. They look at them and decide to take it to the shop after reading about what will need to be done.

The only thing I have ever been satisfied with are the Mercedes published manuals.

But then, we are sort of the hard core. How many people, outsided of the types that are on this board, could use more info even if they had it?

Pooka