[JesseK]

In 2008 we lost a severe amount of available torque for turning due to a misaligned gearbox. We took the AM supershifter box shroud off and replaced it with plastic spacers when we got to Atlanta. The plastic spacers allowed us to tighten the top of the gearbox more than the bottom of the gearbox, thus making the plates non-parallel. This led to our gearbox binding ever so slightly and it was enough to be extremely annoying on the field.

I would double check that all of your shafts, plates, gears and other critical parts are aligned properly. This year's highly interactive game may have knocked something loose.