Replacing shake incubator drive belts

Note

If the shake incubator reports that it is actively shaking but isn’t, its drive belt may need to be replaced. Top shake incubator drive belt replaced by CJ and MC 7/17/2025.

Required materials

Part

McMaster part number

Drive belt

9003K47

Stainless steel screw

92210A622

Procedure

  1. Buy more McMaster parts if needed. We should have extras of most in the cabinet with the toolbox.

  2. Remove top cover, counter weight, and motor assembly.

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Top cover

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Counter weight. Screws pictured correspond to McMaster part number 92210A622.

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Motor assembly

  1. Remove drive belt from underneath motor assembly and replace with new drive belt. May need to loosen screws holding motor in place in order to get the drive belt around it.

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May need to loosen screws circled in blue and move motor a little closer to rotator in order to get the belt around.

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Place new drive belt around rotator and motor; be sure to adjust screws again to ensure the belt is taught.

  1. Place motor assembly back in incubator, ensuring power supply is threaded underneath motor assembly and through the hole near the front, beside the power connection. Plug in power.

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Note the 3-3-2-pronged orientation that must match when being plugged in.

  1. Secure the motor assembly with the washer combo shown below.

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  1. Place counter weight back in and turn on to confirm the incubator now shakes.

  2. Turn off the incubator and replace the top cover.

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