In a bearing device in which a free end of a shaft body to which a rolling
bearing is mounted is bent outward in its radial direction into a shape
to be pushed against an end face of an inner ring of the rolling bearing
so as to prevent the rolling bearing from falling out, a raceway surface
of the inner ring of the rolling bearing is subjected to hardening
treatment, and another portion of the inner ring is made of raw material
which is not hardened. With this arrangement, the caulked portion formed
by the caulking plastically deforms the relatively soft inner peripheral
corner of the inner ring and as a result, the caulked portion and the
inner peripheral corner are adhered to each other strongly.