Sorry, I didn't explain properly. I replaced the entire nose gear with a Fults, including the screws. I used socket head instead of philips head screws. I was just explaining how I managed to get new blind nuts installed without major wood cutting. It's a long way to the firewall from the inside. That's where I used the long piece of threaded rod with the blind nuts temporarily threaded on the end. It worked well to set the nuts enough to start the screws into them and set the nuts into the firewall.