Simplify Two Large Methods Into One Similar Method?

Right now I have 12 methods, each roughly 40 lines long, and I am contemplating whether I should simplify some of the pairs (12 methods, but every other method is very similar to each other, so 6 pairs) into one method.

The main pro of simplifying them is that my class will be much smaller, right now its about 555 lines of code. However a con is that it might not be as straight forward, at first glance at least.

Here is what I am talking about. Two original methods that are very similar:

void rotateRightClockwise(int rotations){//rotates FRONTS's RIGHT! CONFIRMED
String a, b, c;//temp values
for(int i = 1; i <= rotations; i++){//confirmed
a = cube.cube[1][2].square[2];//3
b = cube.cube[1][2].square[5];//6
c = cube.cube[1][2].square[8];//9

[Code] ....

The only difference between these two methods, other than the last chunk for each method, is the I have to change the 2nd square bracket, [], values from lines 9-23 for cube[][]. That's it. So I am thinking of combining them into something like this...

private void rotateRight(int rotations, int x, int y){
String a, b, c;//temp values
for(int i = 1; i <= rotations; i++){//confirmed
a = cube.cube[1][2].square[2];//3
b = cube.cube[1][2].square[5];//6
c = cube.cube[1][2].square[8];//9

[Code] .....

And then after calling this similar method, I would finish off the last chunk from each methods, since they are too different (ie lines 26-38).

The reason why I ask this is because I am trying to build up my portfolio and I want to know if the employer would look at this and say "that was a good move by compacting your code" or "this is not that straight forward".