diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/RotationPropagator.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/RotationPropagator.java
index 7b0bd897f..acc77ac8f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/RotationPropagator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/RotationPropagator.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class RotationPropagator {
 	 * Determines the change in rotation between two attached kinetic entities. For
 	 * instance, an axis connection returns 1 while a 1-to-1 gear connection
 	 * reverses the rotation and therefore returns -1.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param from
 	 * @param to
 	 * @return
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public class RotationPropagator {
 
 	/**
 	 * Insert the added position to the kinetic network.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param worldIn
 	 * @param pos
 	 */
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public class RotationPropagator {
 
 	/**
 	 * Search for sourceless networks attached to the given entity and update them.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param currentTE
 	 */
 	private static void propagateNewSource(KineticTileEntity currentTE) {
@@ -230,11 +230,14 @@ public class RotationPropagator {
 
 			if (newSpeed == 0 && oppositeSpeed == 0)
 				continue;
-			
+
 			boolean incompatible =
 				Math.signum(newSpeed) != Math.signum(speedOfNeighbour) && (newSpeed != 0 && speedOfNeighbour != 0);
 
-			boolean tooFast = Math.abs(newSpeed) > AllConfigs.SERVER.kinetics.maxRotationSpeed.get();
+			boolean tooFast = Math.abs(newSpeed) > AllConfigs.SERVER.kinetics.maxRotationSpeed.get()
+					|| Math.abs(oppositeSpeed) > AllConfigs.SERVER.kinetics.maxRotationSpeed.get();
+			// Check for both the new speed and the opposite speed, just in case
+
 			boolean speedChangedTooOften = currentTE.getFlickerScore() > MAX_FLICKER_SCORE;
 			if (tooFast || speedChangedTooOften) {
 				world.destroyBlock(pos, true);
@@ -300,7 +303,7 @@ public class RotationPropagator {
 
 	/**
 	 * Remove the given entity from the network.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param worldIn
 	 * @param pos
 	 * @param removedTE
@@ -333,7 +336,7 @@ public class RotationPropagator {
 	/**
 	 * Clear the entire subnetwork depending on the given entity and find a new
 	 * source
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param updateTE
 	 */
 	private static void propagateMissingSource(KineticTileEntity updateTE) {