Bearing member and method for manufacturing the same, and bearing unit having bearing member and method for manufacturing the same

A bearing unit comprising:

• a bearing member having integrally a cylindrical metal part and a resin part formed by a die forming of the bearing member having the metal part as an insert;
• and
• a shaft inserted into an interior of the bearing member so as to be capable of relative rotation, creating a bearing clearance from an opposed inner periphery of the bearing member, wherein:
• the inner periphery of the bearing member comprises an inner periphery of the metal part and an inner periphery of the resin part, the bearing clearance is formed between an outer periphery of the shaft and the inner periphery of the metal part,
• the resin part is made of a liquid crystal polymer, the inner periphery of the resin part is a molded surface, a step is formed between the molded surface and the inner periphery of the metal part, and
• a small clearance is created between the outer periphery of the shaft and the inner periphery of the resin part by molding shrinkage of the resin part.