as bad as that sounds, you should see what the Waffle Houses charge here for bringing in your own bacon and eggs

but seriously, that's a lot of money. The next 9 of the next 15 responses will be about buying a shop manual and the remainder will be about taking it to an indy. But sometimes, the local dealer is just convenient

 

 

The dealer probably said "Sure, bring in your own wheels, bearings, and Vaseline and we'll fix you right up".

 

 

I bet they have a minimum charge for basic labor. Unrelated industry but my company charges two hours labor to inspect and quote repairs.

I'm not defending them by any means but they are a business. They aren't going to make any money off parts. The service writer has to enter the repair ticket and schedule a mechanic. The mechanic has to fix it and do his part to the ticket and give back to the service writer that then processes it so you can go see the cute cashier who gets to run your credit card that they take a hit on. Even then, it still sounds like a lot of cash for a simple repair.

Another vote for finding an indy. They don't have the overhead. But they are usually the cashier too. Not as cute as the ones at the dealer.

 

If you can take off the wheels you can change the bearings. Here is the tool I bought. It works great.

 

I had a Honda dealership mount a 240 rear tire on a V rod wheel, knock the old bearings out an install new ones for $50

 

Interesting. The waffle house near me doesn't have a posted labor rate. If it did, I might bring in my own eggs and bacon and have them cook it up.

I think when people see a labor rate, they assume one can take parts to the dealer and have them install it. Makes sense to me. Dealer can charge a book rate or an actual labor rate.
I guess they could even throw in a shop fee for having the service writer enter the work ticket! Unfortunately the problems begin when the mechanic starts working on the project (ie an older bike) and things break, fall apart or just weren't assembled correctly in the first place by the owner.

Purchase the wheel bearing tool and tackle the job yourself. It isn't that difficult.

FYI: The HD job time for replacing the wheel bearings is:
front: 0.7
rear: 0.9

 

Had to replace the front bearings this summer. Lots of YouTube videos on how to do it. Bought the same kit cncmike posted. Best price with a case I could find. If you can take the tire off the bike, you can replace the bearings with this kit.