Something with the front wheel seems to "catch" rarely randomly while turning

It's difficult to tell exactly what's going on, but it feels like my front left wheel is catching when I turn. In mid-turn I suddenly pitch forward sightly and there's a strain sound as if something is caught, then everything's normal again. It's happened 4 times total, occurred on turns in both directions, I believe I've been going 30-40 mph each time. The first three times it was momentary, the fourth time it lasted at least half a second or longer.

The first two times were about two weeks apart, it was so abrupt and other things were going on that I thought I had just slipped slightly on the road at the apex of the turn, but it didn't feel right. The 3rd and 4th time just happened today within 10 miles of driving and felt like something internal rather than external. It definitely felt like something was impeding the turning of the front wheel. My sensation was that it's the left front wheel but I can't be 100% sure on that every time.

Not long before this started happening I had a nail puncture in one tire repaired and bought two new tires. The shop moved my rear tires to the front and placed the new ones on back. It feels potentially meaningful, potentially coincidental that these issues started soon afterwards.

Other random theories:

1. Perhaps my parking brake is somehow catching briefly?
2. Perhaps I'm having some failure in the drive system that is keeping one of my wheels from rotating on the turn the way it's supposed to?
3. Possibly the steering u-joint is going bad? Last year I had a bolt randomly fall out of my steering column and then get replaced at the shop, could that be related?

Happy for any advice. Unfortunately this stuff always happens to me on Friday night or Saturday night and I need my car soon, but it doesn't feel entirely safe....should I drive 10 miles to carpool with my friend tomorrow or not?

 

One more detail: The reason I replaced two tires a few weeks ago (unrelated to the puncture) is because the tire guys said the tire boot on one of the front tires had torn loose or something to that effect. We replaced that tire, but someone has now suggested to me that could be a symptom of other issues?

I'm planning on taking it to a shop monday morning. Big question I have is how safe it is to drive the car in the meantime. I'm supposed to be carpooling with someone else driving tomorrow but it's a 10 mile drive each way to get to him. Should I play on the side of caution or is it fine?

 

Oh, interesting. Thank you for that explanation.

 

The odd thing would be why has that suddenly happened 4 times in the last month, including twice in the last day, after having never happened before that I can remember? And I'm driving the same roads I've driven dozens of times, possibly the first time it was a icy day but not the last three. Yesterday in particular was not a slippery day, it was not a tough curve either time and I was not driving fast.

It is true that the antilock brake light flashed briefly, but the car's wheel behavior was weird enough that I took that as a symptom rather than a cause.