Abstract: The drawings illustrate a strut-type suspension system used with a front wheel drive vehicle and including a preassembled shock absorber and elongated coil spring retainer member having the respective upper ends thereof resiliently mounted in juxtaposition on a mounting bracket, and a coil spring connected to the retainer member. The lower end of the shock absorber is adapted to being secured to the steering knuckle behind the drive axle, and the coil spring is adapted to being confined between the bottom end of the retainer member and a retainer seat formed on a control arm in front of the drive axle. The bracket of the subassembly is adapted to being mounted in a laterally extending attitude at the top of the wheel well.

Abstract: An independent strut-type suspension system for a front wheel drive vehicle, wherein the shock absorber is secured at the lower end thereof to the steering knuckle at an angle such that it extends rearwardly of the drive shaft and below the center line thereof, providing a low overall height profile, coupled with anti-dive and anti-lift characteristics, with a coil spring mounted eccentrically around the shock absorber to diminish bending moments on the shock absorber.