That’s outrageous I thought only Nicolai took people’s pants down like that!

Turner kit is £110 parts alone.

You may need special tools also.

Funny how high end kit doesn’t look after itself?

Errrrrrrrrrr no.

Here’s the ones you need:

4 × 603 2RS (rocker and Horst pivot bearings)
4 × 6001 2RS (main pivot bearings)

Go to Brammer Bearings(most towns have a branch. Expect to pay about £1.50 a piece.

It’s £150 to pay for the knowledge, tools and labour – do you work for free?

If the OP had these things, he wouldn’t have asked how much in the first place.

And five years ago I paid £100 for my Enduro ones to be done.

Mostly spaff about on hardtails so don’t have to worry.

Last time i looked for my susser, Spesh SX i think it was about £40 for a bearing kit, and about another £40 for a fastner kit, if they needed doing, then factor in shops labour time with maybe some not cheap special tools….£150 bit steep but i could see why.

OR
DIY, source bearings from Brammer or Bearings direct and buy fastner kit if needed.

Joys of owning a susser that’s not a single pivot. Bit like having a flash car with a big engine….there not cheap to service either

I’ve not done a Moment but I had a Dare and every bearing was a simple hammer out/squash in, can’t say for sure if this one’s the same. It’s not brain surgery, only frames with completely blind bearings get complicated really.

Freeborn are a good shop though. I see they quote £50 for the bearing kit alone, that’s not so drastically more than you’d expect to pay for good, named bearings (yes you can get bearings for peanuts, but they’re often made out of peanuts)

mate got charged 120 for a spesh FSR
Was a thread on here recently about a shop that fits bearings(you provide)on Spesh FSRs for £30ish … Spen Velo I think.
Could have had a weekend away in glorious West Yorkshire and got your bike sorted for £120.

Again for fsr but we charge £60 in labour ontop of the £40 for the Bering kit from Spesh
Its rare to get one that come apart as it should
And it takes a while , its the time your paying for as much as the bits

if it’s anything like bashing the bearings out of my ol’ Kona coiler it’s worth every penny and then some.

It was £100 for my Stumpjumper FSR. Done in less than 24 hours by Don Skene in cardiff. I think that price is about standard for spesh bikes

Over the lifespan of my bikes, the difference in labour and bearing costs between my Orange and my million-bearing Hemlock will be approximately bollocks all. Though I can see why it appeals to people who find hammers a bit too complicated 😉

As everyone else has said – bearings will be £40. Labour to strip bike down, take bearings out, faff a bit cos they’re stuck then put new ones in and service the bike (as Woodrups do for specialized bikes) and build it back up for £120 then speaking from experience as someone who has wasted days trying to do it myself– it’s something I’d consider again!!

Is that what Orange use to build then, or what you use to change the bearings?

Both! Simples, (& cheap) 😀

mate got charged 120 for a spesh FSR

Was a thread on here recently about a shop that fits bearings(you provide)on Spesh FSRs for £30ish … Spen Velo I think.
Could have had a weekend away in glorious West Yorkshire and got your bike sorted for £120.

not mine, Santa Cruz bearings have free replacement warranty 8)

I wouldn’t put £1.50 bearings on my bike. Proper SKF ones on my bike, thanks. It’s a hassle replacing them so why buy cheaper ones which you’ll have to replace sooner?

Even better, pack them with grease before you fit them…. 😀

About £90 full price for me and a Spesh

As above the proper bearing kits are £40-60 then you’ve got to cover tools, staff, keeping the shop open and make a profit. £150 seems steep but not ridiculous depending on where you are.

Having done the 10 bearings on my Anthem myself, I don’t really think £150 is unreasonable. A set of Enduro Max bearings is £40, and like someone up there said, it’s rare to find one where everything comes out as it should. All of the Anthem bearings are blind, and even with the right tools there’s always a chance that at least one will break, leaving the outer race sitting in the seat. Then the fun begins…

I get free replacement bearings for mine and then it’s just labour. Worth it to ride something slightly more modern really. The difference is night and day from my old Single Pivot

Giant Bearing tool kit is fab and I have used mine for several non Giant Bikes. A delightful quality bit of kit which makes a tough job easy. Although I have now gone single pivot – the feel of a slow delicate screw feeling the bottom out point is better IMO than a hammer job. Steady on.