Just as a note, the Norgren profile cylinders have larger threads on the ends of the tie rods than the actual rod so they would need replacing if the cylinder was shortened.
I'm carrying quite enough stuff to MMM thanks Ellis :P
You can screw the top and bottom from the body, make it shorter, add new metric thread and put it back together again.
The shortening can be done with a good saw and/or by milling.
Shortening the rod can be done by grinding or sawing. I'm not sure how the piston is attached, maybe it is possible to shorten the rod from that end and save the thread.
Maidstone is an option.
Local engineering firm would be able to do that no problems.
As kane said you'd need to make new tie rods- just get some threaded bar and use that, hacksaw it down to size and job done.
Nice to see turbulence's gearbox plates are being used again, i made them nearly 7 years ago
To me it looks like a Festo cylinder. In that case there are no tie-rods but just screws.
The local engineering firm could even make 2 un-equal lengths for you if you want to experiment a bit with different strokes.
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