Hello bill4d, generally that is what people will do when they change the spools of wire. If you are really trying to conserve on the wire you could snip the wire at the contact tip so that it would slide through the liner easily, release the tension on the drive rolls and roll the wire back up onto the spool being very careful not to let go of it as it clears the liner and drive rolls. Most do not generally worry about sacrificing the wire in the liner. Regards, aevald