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Sounds like a speedo problem, not a cable problem.
The 10mph 'slippage' you are trying to track down happens in the speedo, not in the cable.
Yes, you can change the reading on the speedo with a different gear in the tranny, but that doesn't sound like that fits the symptoms you have described.