It is pretty easy to do if you have the right tools.
There was a time (it's hard to believe now) when it was debatable. I decided to hack mine on the spur of the moment one day and just grabbed a Dremel tool and a few min. later it was done. My thinking was to test the idea and then buy a professionally done job later on.
But this machine has become such a Frankenstein lab experiment to me that I almost wonder if I'm going to be sad when it's finally all prim and proper.
The shots have told me they don't mind the hatchet job at all and will not reward me any style points for cleaning up so I delay further and further.....