Originally Posted by
CliffordK
Do you have enough threads?
You can purchase different lengths of recessed nuts, so if your nuts are bottoming out, you can get shorter ones.
That also means that if someone in the future wants longer bolts, they can just use longer nuts.
I'd probably just cut if it seems safe enough to do.
I've got the shorter nuts already but the post extends just past the end of the hole, so there isn't such a thing as one that is short enough. I think there is plenty of thread.