Today I riveted the nutplates to the seat ramp floors. I used pulled and squeezed rivets. I dimpled the nutplates and clecoed them in place. I then installed the rivets. All went well.
After installing the nutplates I prepped the control column by using a 3/8" and a 1/4" reamer to clean the powder coating from the holes. After clearing the holes I inserted the control column through the lightening holes and I am ready to bolt it to the control column brackets.