Hello Digitaleye,

Most of the parts for the Skil Model 77 types 14-16 are no longer available. As I remember the big difference between 14-16 types & type 17 were the motor parts and the gears and most likely the main housing ( basically the whole saw). It was nice when Skil had factory owned service centers, you could take a 77 in for repair and for $89.00 they would make it a new saw.

-WJA

Hi Kent,
In answer to your question. The type 16 and type 17 gears are both different sizes and the housings are not the same. You might try some local repair centers to see if they have any of the older gears.
WJA

1 check brush springs. if good you may have a bad armature

I had a saw just like yours, but parts were getting harder to obtain, alot of the parts are no longer available. But I do have the parts list. Ill attach it here.
Good luck!!

That's pretty strange! If the saw is [I]that[/I] weak then I really doubt you have motor problems. The blade might be slipping between the clamps. Those HD77 saws us a diamond knockout instead of a round arbor on their blades. If you are clamping the blade between the clamps but not using the diamond shaped knockout on the blade, you could get some pretty nasty slipping.

Hey guys,
one more thing it might be is the nut that tightens the worm gear on the armature shaft...if you unscrew the black plastic nut on the end of the tool you can gain easy access to the nut..push in the lock pin to secure the assembly and tighten the nut..and that should put you back in business..[it is rare for the nut to loosen but it does happen once in a while..]
Hope this helps:)
cmoorejack

Hello KLS,

The gears for the type 16 and type 17 are different and not interchangeable. Unfortunately the manufacture has discontinued the parts for the type 16. So either find a type 16 with good gears or time to purchase a new one.

WJA