mounting pedal set - studs off?, can't get holes and slots to match up Options

[Calwaterbear]

Ok so I asked about the studs coming through the floorboards to mount the pedal set before. So some here told me it was bolts going into / through the floor.

the photos pretty much confirm they are studs - added photos thanks 76-914


anyway so I'm putting in a pedal set redone by Bruce, and he did a fantastic job BTW.

however, I can not make the studs coming through the floor match up to the elongated mounting slots in the pedal base. I even went so far as to push the 2 MC studs through the firewall , and snugged em down, hoping to pull the pedal set as far foward as possible, but the studs are still about 2/3 of a width short of the holes. I have no idea why? perhaps pounding on the studs to drive them out (somebody told me they were bolts) might have bent them?

best way to fix? I have thought about drilling em out, remounting them, replacing with bolts with nuts welded - all sorts of ideas, but now I'm thinking the simplest, most direct fix is to simply elongate the mounting plate slots a bit,


thanks for any ideas in advance