nema stepper cable changing / rewiring.. howto? (1 reply)

Hi,
well, this is my first post. Mainly thanks to you, the community, as you always had the specific problem already covered. That helped me out a lot - thank you.

Now I'm facing a problem, and I hope anyone has already a solution for it.
I'd like to rewire my steppers but after disassembling, I noticed that they weren't just connected to a small pcb or something (I don't really know what I expected), but are going deeper inside the stator. I'm afraid I could destroy something if I try to pull the stator out..
Is it possible to rewire such steppers inside or do I have to use shrinking tubing?

I've already googled it (using various combinations of: rewire, change, extend, cable, lead, break, nema, nema17) and haven't been able to find a solution. I found something here: http://www.geneb.org/rostock-max/Rostock-MAX-Assembly-Guide.pdf (in part 12), but that doesn't really fit my need, as I'd like to avoid using connectors.

The reason why I'd like to do this, is simply that the cables are to short and I'd like to have a constant gauge on my wires and I'd prefer not using shrink tubing.

Thanks in advance!