Broke a upper ball joint ... lucky enough to be turning into my driveway at the time. Replaced upper ball joints and lower arms/ball joints on both sides. Now I get a bounce on the drivers side. Jacked up, everything seems fine. Rotated the tires, the bounce stayed on the front driver side. I replaced shocks about a year ago. I assume I screwed up something as it was OK before but I am at a loss as to what to look at next. Thanks for any ideas.

 

Define bounce.

 

You probably bottomed out or bent the shock when the ball joint broke. Swap a different shock in and see if its better.

 

I feels like the tire has a flat spot. I moved the tire to the back, but no change. ...and thanks for the suggestion, I will swap out a new shock this weekend.

 

Could be a damaged spindle pin or wheel bearing too. How did the ball joint break?

 

thanks racer_dave, took another look and found a busted shock. Replaced, all good.

 

glad you found it. Happy motoring.