PURPOSE: To manufacture a sliding material containing lubricating components uniformly in large quantities by mixing a powder of Al or Al alloy and powders of Sn, Pb, Bi, In, etc., together with an organic or inorganic binder, agitating the above, and then sintering the resulting mixture.

CONSTITUTION: A powder of Al or Al alloy as a base metal and powders of one or more elements among Sn, Pb, Bi, and In as lubricating components are mixed together with a binder consisting of an organic or inorganic material, and these are agitated. As the above organic binder, PVA, stearic acid, aluminum phosphate, etc., can be used, and further, alumina sol, sodium silicate, graphite, colloidal silica, etc., can be used as the above inorganic binder. By the above agitation, a coating layer of the above binder is formed on the surface of the above powders, by which uniformly mixed state can be maintained. The resulting mixture is predried and packed into a metal mold, which is sintered to undergo integration. By this method, the high-quality sliding material, such as bearing, in which lubricating components are dispersedly contained uniformly in sufficiently high additive quantities can be obtained.