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Title: Abu conversion to Rocket F2
Post by: thorhammer on October 13, 2022, 08:41:30 PM
Hey folks, not as much a conversion as I'm building an F2 with a few Abu parts in it (thanks for Mag Elite spool, Nick!)...what screws did you use for left hand plate to Rocket frame? Rocket tells me M3 x 12, but I think that's short. I will see tomorrow when they arrive from M-C. By my mic, I'd have used 14's...

I put this in Abu, because no Rocket forum- I only know three people that have this, so Bob, Nick, Kurt, lemme know what you did...

thanks!

John
Title: Re: Abu conversion to Rocket F2
Post by: thorhammer on October 14, 2022, 06:26:57 PM
They are M3 x 12. The 100 pac from MC delivered in about 18 hours, which is amazing. What's not amazing is I, being in a hurry, didn't check the baggy of other parts I ordered for another project, which contained the Rocket-issued, said M3 x 12 hexhead button screws I needed...

Should anyone need any, I have a 100.

Title: Re: Abu conversion to Rocket F2
Post by: ReelFishingProblems on October 15, 2022, 12:14:23 PM
That's a whole lotta words and no pictures to go with it.

My memory is a bit fuzzy, if you post a picture with all the parts and fancy stuff laid out, I'm sure something would come to mind.
Title: Re: Abu conversion to Rocket F2
Post by: Breadfan on October 17, 2022, 03:15:27 PM
I ordered the Rocket reel with everything but the handle, star drag and break plate. I did not even pay attention to the screws that came with it for the side plates, but I did use them. Yours are Ok, correct?
Title: Re: Abu conversion to Rocket F2
Post by: thorhammer on September 26, 2024, 05:27:16 PM
Hey Kurt, two years later...yeah, they worked. And now I recall why I have the bag of buttonheads in my Abu parts box, lol. I'm surfing the Abu section as I'm building a set of CT plates Nick sent. I gotta send you back your Omoto. Looked at it this morning.