I've often modified a cable to create a bit more free length, by:-......Pull the ferule off (cut round the plastic coating at the end with a razor if necc) Hold the outer cable in the round jaw part of pliers. With a small pair if side cutters, catch the spiral end of the outer cable and carefully unwind it (it's a bit fiddly till you get it started). Unwind to the desired length, cut off and carefully tidy the burr with file or Dremel and push the ferule back on. Ron
