D A M Quick 550 fishing reel How to take apart and service the reel step by step 

Dennis, you are amazing! Your videos are so educational for old school fisherman's like myself. I believe in vintage fishing equipment. Thank God there's you to educate old souls fisherman's. I want you to service my reels. Dean Abiva form honolulu, hawaii

Watching this again because I got another one of these. I remember you got a black Centaure reel that you never did a video on. It had the port on the side. Wish you had don that one. I’ve seen a green Centaure Pacifica before. This 550 is a very fine reel. With my first 550 all I had to do was take out the handle side screws and expose the other side to do a little lubricating. The reel was in excellent shape inside. With the one I have now I need to totally disassemble it. I have a great 270 Super I use often in surf fishing. I totally dismantled, cleaned and lubricated and reassembled my Sagarra Super today. It did not have the bearings I thought it had but it is still incredibly smooth and strong. It had a very interesting oscillation block on the axle shaft that was different from any I had seen. These DAM Quick reels have incredible gears and are unbelievably strong and sturdy. They are also quite heavy. I’m going to remove the pinion, main gear, and te bearing on mine . I do believe this reel has a bearing at the pinion just like the 270 Super. This is a great instructional video. This one and the one you did on the 270 Super are invaluable helps. I’n not sure I could have done it w/o them!. I often soak bearings in PB Blaster overnight to clean them. it really works well. I have a tool that holds bearings while cleaning them. It is graduated to work with many sizes. I had to file the points on my tool for those locking rings. This entire box had all great reels. I have two Mitchell 406 reels with that treacherous bearing and pinion. Super job Dennis!

I’ve watched this video a number of times and for me and my 550 I felt it necessary to remove the bearing and pinion. It is the only way to adequately clean that pinion/worm gear. I submerged the entire main gear mechanism in PB Blaster while still attached to the handle. I included the bearing and pinion/worm gear in thatPB Blaster bant. I was able to completely clean all of that w/o removing those pins. I soaked it for three days and then blew it out with my air compressor. It’s just the way I decided to do it. My 660 operates flawlessly after proper lubrication and reassembly I have that clip ring tool but I need a smaller one for other reels I often work on,. As I’ve said before this is an excellent reference video for servicing a 550!

Love the design of these reels.. compared to my 330 this is just super sized..very good video...

I bought a DAM 331N recently. A wonderful reel, but it needed maintenance. It has a different anti reverse mechanism, but everything else is basically the same as with this 550. I’ve never opened a reel before, but thanks to you I was able to open, clean and grease the reel. Now it works almost as new. Without this video of yours it would have been much more difficult. Thank you, Dennis!

Your reel's little brother, the 220 is the first quality spinner l ever owned. Had it exactly 50 years, was a gift for my 16th birthday. Someone on one of the reel repair sites said the D.A.M. Quicks from the 1950s and1960s were "Loud and proud like a Panzer tank." Don't think the bearing is making the noise. l own over 30 in assorted sizes and some can benefit from an extra washer behind the crosswind arm inserted over the stud on the main gear. The later D.A.M. Quick 550N is the same size, but a completely different design. Those are some quality snap ring pliers you were using. l have a cheap set that irritate me sometimes. The metal spool from the Super 270 will interchange with the 550.

Another great video! Thanks to you I’ve got a growing Penn reel collection. Picked up a Penn 49, it’s my favorite so far.

I have a Dam Quick “Super” two speed. They are the only reel I know of that are heavier than a Penn, both in physical weight and In engineering. Great video Mr. Dennis I just realized how old this video is. I noticed the enchilada wood was dark & dove tailed.

awesome videos man i have fixed 2 reels thanks to you

Thanks for the video I am currently working on a herders 6:40p somewhat similar to the damn quick having trouble getting the pinion out.

Great video. Helpful hint : I don't know if you know this or not. But my dad taught me a way to pack bearings. You put a glob of grease in your palm and then you press the bearing into the grease reapeatly. Rotating the bearing little by little it'll push the old dirty grease out. Hope that helps.

If you take the 3 screws out of the DAM 550 the handle assembly comes out in on piece. It is not necessary to remove the handle.

I find if the screws are tight put some heat on them put the tip of a soldering iron on the screws for a wile to help them come out

What a helpfull video great job cheers

Mahalo and Aloha, Dennis! Dean A.

Hello Dennis, nice video, i di have 2 of those reels finnesa and a 440n they do not grind like that, i think the bearing is bad in that reel, may need to be replaced in the long run.. like yours videos a lot.

Hey I have a dam 220 but it's basically stock,,it doesn't move at all I believe your reel its the same but bigger size..

Please show how to service the spools drags in older Penn 704Z, Dam Quick Supers, 550N, 550, Mitchell 302, 402 and 486 reels also. Thanks

You did that DAM Quick, damn quick!

I really like and appreciate your videos. I have some large salt water Quicks and Mitchells I need to service. I may need some parts and I might contact you if I could Thanks.

Hola me regalaron un cdi ll 330 y no le puedo arreglar el antireversa ayuda por favor. Saludos desde Cancún mexico

That noise is from the main gear vs the wirm gear , some greas fix that noise

I need help on a 550N which is different, my bail retention pin has issues and is way different than the 550.

Hi Dennis, thanks for the awesome video! I have a DAM quick 550 that is stuck. I can't remove the main shaft. It seems to be stuck to the worm gear. I have soaked it in pb blaster but still can't get it to budge. Any advice would be appreciated!

Could you please video a full maintance of the curado dc by shimano would be greatly appreciated just brought one.

What kind of grease do you use?

Hi Dennis I have two DAM 220, both are turning fine except for the line rollers on the bail wire. I removed them from the wire, cleaned and oiled them but still they were not rolling. Thinking the bail wire is in tension, I tried bending it with my hands, but was no use either. The wire hardly could change shape and didn't want to use to much force and damage them. Is there a solution to get the rollers moving? Thanks.

I'm the damn quick real to Taco Crew to be but I'm just hurters it has a type of pin but both sides have a washroom type head how do I remove that

Hi Dennis, I have the DAM 220n, is it inferior to the previous model the 220?

It does sound like something is dragging or rubbing .

DQ 220 = Brick Outhouse. Yup.

I have a Dam quick 550n and I need a schematic for it I think it missing a few parts Mike's don't have the 550n

Hi im looking for an antireverse dawg for a DAM QUICK 331N reel can you help ?

Snap ring and snap ring pliers

Awesome video. I have a penn 650 with a sticky bail. Any suggestions? Thanks for sharing.