diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/structureMovement/ContraptionCollider.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/structureMovement/ContraptionCollider.java
index df0fd313f..0c0bee7e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/structureMovement/ContraptionCollider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/structureMovement/ContraptionCollider.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableInt;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableObject;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.simibubi.create.AllBlocks;
 import com.simibubi.create.AllMovementBehaviours;
 import com.simibubi.create.content.contraptions.components.actors.BlockBreakingMovementBehaviour;
@@ -285,13 +284,16 @@ public class ContraptionCollider {
 			}
 
 			if (bounce == 0 && slide > 0 && hasNormal && anyCollision && rotation.hasVerticalRotation()) {
-				Vector3d motionIn = entityMotionNoTemporal.mul(0, 1, 0)
+				double slideFactor = collisionNormal.mul(1, 0, 1)
+					.length() * 1.25f;
+				Vector3d motionIn = entityMotionNoTemporal.mul(0, .9, 0)
 					.add(0, -.01f, 0);
 				Vector3d slideNormal = collisionNormal.crossProduct(motionIn.crossProduct(collisionNormal))
 					.normalize();
-				entity.setMotion(entityMotion.mul(.8, 0, .8)
-					.add(slideNormal.scale((.2f + slide) * motionIn.length())
-						.add(0, -0.1, 0)));
+				Vector3d newMotion = entityMotion.mul(.85, 0, .85)
+					.add(slideNormal.scale((.2f + slide) * motionIn.length() * slideFactor)
+						.add(0, -.1f - collisionNormal.y * .125f, 0));
+				entity.setMotion(newMotion);
 				entityMotion = entity.getMotion();
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/structureMovement/gantry/GantryCarriageBlock.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/structureMovement/gantry/GantryCarriageBlock.java
index b2cf779a8..60e0fe8f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/structureMovement/gantry/GantryCarriageBlock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/structureMovement/gantry/GantryCarriageBlock.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class GantryCarriageBlock extends DirectionalAxisKineticBlock implements
 		super.updateDiagonalNeighbors(stateIn, worldIn, pos, flags, count);
 		withTileEntityDo(worldIn, pos, GantryCarriageTileEntity::checkValidGantryShaft);
 	}
-	
+
 	@Override
 	public void onBlockAdded(BlockState state, World worldIn, BlockPos pos, BlockState oldState, boolean isMoving) {
 		super.onBlockAdded(state, worldIn, pos, oldState, isMoving);
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ public class GantryCarriageBlock extends DirectionalAxisKineticBlock implements
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void neighborChanged(BlockState state, World world, BlockPos pos, Block p_220069_4_, BlockPos p_220069_5_,
+	public void neighborChanged(BlockState state, World world, BlockPos pos, Block p_220069_4_, BlockPos updatePos,
 		boolean p_220069_6_) {
-		if (!isValidPosition(state, world, pos))
+		if (updatePos.equals(pos.offset(state.get(FACING)
+			.getOpposite())) && !isValidPosition(state, world, pos))
 			world.destroyBlock(pos, true);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/structureMovement/gantry/GantryCarriageTileEntity.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/structureMovement/gantry/GantryCarriageTileEntity.java
index 10e5a986f..0cb588fdd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/structureMovement/gantry/GantryCarriageTileEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/structureMovement/gantry/GantryCarriageTileEntity.java
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ public class GantryCarriageTileEntity extends KineticTileEntity implements IDisp
 		if (shouldAssemble())
 			queueAssembly();
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public void initialize() {
+		super.initialize();
+		if (!getBlockState().isValidPosition(world, pos))
+			world.destroyBlock(pos, true);
+	}
 
 	public void queueAssembly() {
 		assembleNextTick = true;