ARM MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARM MEMBER

An arm member and a method of manufacturing the arm member capable of ensuring strength in holding a ball part using a swaged part of a housing. An arm member includes a ball joint and an arm part. The ball joint has a ball stud including a ball part. The ball joint has a housing including a swaged part and holds the ball part inside the housing using deformation of the swaged part. The arm part has an arm part body made of discontinuous fiber-reinforced resin and continuous with the housing. The arm part has a covering part made of continuous fiber-reinforced resin and covering at least a part of the swaged part.