A film composed of grease, or a film composed of a thickener for grease, is formed
on a portion of the surface of each of components constituting a bearing, the portion
being opposed to a polymeric lubricant, whereby sliding frictional resistance between
the bearing components and the polymeric lubricant is reduced. In the formation
of the film, the assembled bearing in which the film has not yet been formed is
immersed into a liquid which is obtained by diluting the grease or the thickener
for grease with a solvent, and the solvent is then dried, thereby to highly reproducibly
form the film of uniform thickness. In an assembled double-row self-aligning roller
bearing wherein an outer race is swingable in a direction perpendicular to the
center axis of the bearing, raw materials of a polymeric lubricant are poured into
and solidified in two regions of an annular space between the inner and outer races.