Originally Posted by
SamSam77
Regarding Kontact and KCT1986's comment on the side that the fixing both that clamps the cable, could you elaborate on how that could possibly affect the shifting issue that I am describing? At the end of the day, despite the cable itself perhaps being a bit more deformed, that end of the cable is secure and transfers its tension to nearly the same location on the derailleur.
When movement is mere millimeters, fractions make a difference. Shimano would not put a special note in the instructions if it didn't matter