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I tried the freezer method for the first time when I did the wheel bearings on the Norton.
I allowed my wife to have a couple of freezers in my garage, so there was a fringe benefit in this instance.
I simply put the new bearings in the freezer @-18 before I started the fannying with boiling water and so forth to get the old ones out.
By the time I had washed out the old grease and so forth ready to fit the new ones, the hub was only vaguely warm from the drenching with boiling water when I started.
The bearings had only been in the freezer about ten minutes but they dropped to the bottom of their housings with no bother and promptly locked into place. So you don't need to over do the freezing and warming thing to make a big difference.
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