brake pedal mounting bracket removal - easy?

[mole2000]

i needed to remove steering column so once that was out the pedal mount bracket came out with just three bolts. easy. I did have an epiphany about the possible cause. I recall the previous owner commenting that at one time he thought it was a 3 on the tree, so evidently they replaced the pedal bracket, but they did a horrible job of putting one back in. And this is after I straightened it as best I could.