Originally Posted by
tellyho
No need to get new bolts. Pull the old ones and grind them down. Reinstall.
You mean grind down the female parts, right?
1. Don't have the tool for such a job and I'm at my limit for bike tools. (Plus dropping the dough on the tool would kind of defeat the purpose of doing this 'alteration'.)
2. While I appreciate the DIY/waste-not/want-not quality of this approach, it's also about 15 minutes more effort than I want to spend on the project.
But I appreciate the input and it is something I will be able to keep in mind in the future.