A damper includes a vehicle-body-side mounting portion, an axle-side mounting portion, and a vehicle height adjusting mechanism for adjusting a distance between the vehicle-body-side mounting portion and the axle-side mounting portion. The vehicle height adjusting mechanism includes a first tubular member formed into a bottomed tubular shape, a second tubular member formed into a bottomed tubular shape and inserted from the bottom side into the first tubular member, and a stopper member having a shaft portion and a locking portion provided at a proximal end of the shaft portion. A distal end of the shaft portion is fixed to the bottom of the first tubular member. The shaft portion is inserted through a hole formed in the bottom of the second tubular member. The locking portion abuts on the bottom of the second tubular member.
1. A damper, comprising:
a vehicle-body-side mounting portion coupled on a vehicle body side;
an axle-side mounting portion coupled on an axle side; and
a vehicle height adjusting mechanism adapted to adjust a distance between the vehicle-body-side mounting portion and the axle-side mounting portion, wherein
the vehicle height adjusting mechanism includes a first tubular member formed into a bottomed tubular shape so as to have a bottom and a tubular portion, a second tubular member being formed into a bottomed tubular shape so as to have a bottom and a tubular portion and being inserted from the bottom side into the first tubular member so as to be capable of protruding from and retracting into the first tubular member, and a stopper member having a shaft portion and a locking portion provided at a proximal end of the shaft portion,
a distal end of the shaft portion is fixed to the bottom of the first tubular member,
the shaft portion is movably inserted through a hole formed in the bottom of the second tubular member, and
the locking portion abuts on the bottom of the second tubular member.
2. The damper according to claim 1 , wherein
the tubular portion of the first tubular member and a lock nut are threadingly engaged with an outer periphery of the second tubular member, and the first tubular member is prevented from loosening by the lock nut.
3. The damper according to claim 1 , wherein
the distal end of the shaft portion of the stopper member is threadingly engaged with the bottom of the first tubular member, and is bonded and fixed to the bottom of the first tubular member with an adhesive.
4. The damper according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a cylinder;
a rod movably inserted into the cylinder;
a mounted member fixed to the rod on a side opposite to the cylinder and comprising the vehicle-body-side mounting portion or the axle-side mounting portion;
a piston retained on the rod and partitioning an inside of the cylinder into two chambers filled with a working fluid;
a fluid passage communicating between the two chambers;
a damping force generating mechanism adapted to apply resistance to the working fluid flowing through the fluid passage;
a bypass passage bypassing the fluid passage and communicating between the two chambers;
a control rod adjusting an opening amount of the bypass passage;
an adjuster mounted to an end portion of the rod on the side opposite to the cylinder and driving the control rod; and
a holder holding the adjuster, wherein
the mounted member is the first tubular member, and the holder is the second tubular member.