Moving ports on a tie rod cylinder

[Iplayfarmer]

This seems straight forward and easy enough, but I want the collective expertise of TBN before I attempt it.

I have tie rod cylinders in which the retract port comes out the side (parellel to the clevis pin). I'd like to have cylinders in which the port is on top (perpendicular to the clevis pin). Is it as easy as it seems to simply unbolt the tie rods and rotate the plate with the port on it 90 degrees and bolt the cylinder back together?

Are there potential problems to doing it this way?

 

[kennyd]

That is one of the beautiful things about tie-rod cylinders...go for it. Just be careful of the O-Rings so as not to cut them.

 

[dfkrug]

Is it as easy as it seems to simply unbolt the tie rods and rotate the plate with the port on it 90 degrees and bolt the cylinder back together?

As easy as that, yes. Tie rod cyls are very easy to shorten the stroke, too.
Just cut the cylinder and use shorter threaded rod. You do need to chamfer
the sharp edge, however. I have done it several times.