# 1993 Toyota Camry / Control Arm

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-toyota-camry-control-arm/68338>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota, camry\
**Created:** [October 1, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-toyota-camry-control-arm/68338 "2011-10-01T15:31:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![baez526](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@baez526](https://community.cartalk.com/u/baez526)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-toyota-camry-control-arm/68338/1 "2011-10-01T15:31:12Z")

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A few months ago I had the passenger side Control Arm replaced. Over a year ago I had them both replaced with after market parts. I went into the dealer and was told the reason the parts failed so soon was because the parts were aftermarket parts and that I should have them replaced with original Toyota part. When the passenger side failed again, I had the dealer replace it with an original Toyota part. Here’s the problem: after they replaced the one side with an Toyota part I took my car and immediately when making a sharp turn to the right the vehicle making a jerking motion. It was unnerving the first time. It felt as if the vehicle might turn over. I noticed that this only happen or mostly happen when making a turn to the right. Also, as I’m accelerating the vehicle will pull to the right the abruptly jerk to the left. What I was told by the dealer is that scene replaced the one side with a Original Part and the other side was an aftermarket part, the two not being of the same quality were what I felt he was saying that the parts were slightly different in size and would cause this problem. Has anyone had this problem or similar?

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**Author:** ![mxsurf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mxsurf/32/340_2.png) [@mxsurf](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mxsurf)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 8:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-toyota-camry-control-arm/68338/2 "2011-10-27T08:31:07Z")

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Sounds fishy to me. Can you measure the old and new parts to compare? Any play in the bushings?..mike

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**Author:** ![chaissos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/chaissos/32/2347_2.png) [@chaissos](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chaissos)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-toyota-camry-control-arm/68338/3 "2011-10-27T15:06:46Z")

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After they replaced these parts, did anyone bother to align the front end?? It’s almost certain there would have been at least some minor differences in the parts - OEM or not - which can throw it off. Out of line wheels can cause it to pull and perform other interesting feats.