If you leave out step (2) and the part in step (5) about moving the surface, it should work. Pinning makes step 5 impossible as written, and marking is unnecessary as you get perfect accuracy using the number of clicks in step 4 that you counted in step 1.

However, those modelers who don't assemble their linkages with right angles (90degrees) at the servo arm and horn are going to double the problems that come from their casual/sloppy assembly. Which is often what you get too when you have your radio zero out the numbers which doesn't fix the problem. Granted, the problem usually isn't very significant, but squaring a servo arm only takes a minute, and adjusting a pushrod length about the same.

A couple of weeks back a plane I was going to maiden wouldn't turn one way on taxi. The Chinese who'd slapped it together hadn't squared the rudder pushrod. A week back the motor in a real nice H9 spitfire wouldn't go flat out. Turned out the throttle linkage wasn't squared and full stick gave full closed and maybe 3/4 open. Explained how to fix it and went off to fly. Was called back and the guys said it wasn't possible to fix. Turned out the pushrod now was running into the bulkhead behind the servo. It was a favorite of the previous owner "who flew it a lot". Wonder if he posts here?