So I seem to be extremely incapable of doing the simplest of things. Getting the damn cable on the shifter handle! Since my cable was purchased at a bike shop and only has ONE BALL ON ONE SIDE OF THE CABLE I have to make do for the other side. If I had a welder, I could just weld small fishing weight or something to the cable. But no. I don't
aye aye aye...
Anyway. Tomorrow I'll have to find a small steel ball and just jb weld it on there, and then I'll crimp a ferrule on the end of the cable.