I HAVE A SKIL CIRCULAR SAW MODEL #552 THAT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO YOUR #5525. ALL THE INSIDE PARTS, BRUSHES ETC. LOOK FINE BUT THE CORD IS IN BAD SHAPE. IT APPEARS THAT THE CORD, SWITCH, AND TRIGGER ARE A UNIT. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS? THANKS, LELAND.
The cord should be removable on your saw. with the age of your saw I am going to guess that the cord is likely soldered to the switch. If this is the case you will simply need to unsolder the old cord and then solder the new one in place. The cord for the 5525 should work fine as a replacement for your saw.
Armature or Field Bad Question by Paul Sullivan 09/18/2009
I was on a remodeling job at a local motel. I plugged in my 7 1/4 in Skil circular saw and smoked it and it will not run. I thought it was just going bad so I tried my 6 1/2 in Skil circular saw and smoked it also.
It turned out that the motel handy man had just "improved" the receptical I was plugging into. He wired it from a 120/208 electric panel with two of the hot phases instead of one hot and one neutral so I plugged into 208 vac instead of 120 vac.
You will need to open up both saws and and take a look at the motor. The field is almost certainly damaged. The armature will likely need to be taken to a repair shop to be tested. The brushes are probably damaged as well and possibly the switch.
The field is part #2610341381, the armature is part #2610903173, the brushes are part #2610355594, and the switch is part #2610321608.
