diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.PacketHandlers.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.PacketHandlers.cs
index b0419869bd..a5abe76376 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.PacketHandlers.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.PacketHandlers.cs
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
 
         public virtual void ProcessSpinObjectStop(UUID objectID, IClientAPI remoteClient)
         {
+/* no op for now
             SceneObjectGroup group = GetGroupByPrim(objectID);
             if (group != null)
             {
@@ -463,12 +464,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 {
 //                    group.SpinMovement(rotation, remoteClient);
                 }
-                // This is outside the above permissions condition
-                // so that if the object is locked the client moving the object
-                // get's it's position on the simulator even if it was the same as before
-                // This keeps the moving user's client in sync with the rest of the world.
                 group.SendGroupTerseUpdate();
             }
+*/
         }
 
         public void ProcessScriptReset(IClientAPI remoteClient, UUID objectID,
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs
index 4947083063..77c66b61b7 100755
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs
@@ -1674,32 +1674,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 }
             }
         }
-/* moved to scene ProcessObjectGrabUpdate
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Move the given object
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="objectID"></param>
-        /// <param name="offset"></param>
-        /// <param name="pos"></param>
-        /// <param name="remoteClient"></param>
-        protected internal void MoveObject(UUID objectID, Vector3 offset, Vector3 pos, IClientAPI remoteClient, List<SurfaceTouchEventArgs> surfaceArgs)
-        {
-            SceneObjectGroup group = GetGroupByPrim(objectID);
-            if (group != null)
-            {
-                if (m_parentScene.Permissions.CanMoveObject(group.UUID, remoteClient.AgentId))// && PermissionsMngr.)
-                {
-                    group.GrabMovement(objectID, offset, pos, remoteClient);
-                }
-
-                // This is outside the above permissions condition
-                // so that if the object is locked the client moving the object
-                // get's it's position on the simulator even if it was the same as before
-                // This keeps the moving user's client in sync with the rest of the world.
-                group.SendGroupTerseUpdate();
-            }
-        }
-*/
 
         /// <summary>
         ///
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
index 00951d6623..17dfb85bf6 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
@@ -3607,7 +3607,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 {
                     if (m_rootPart.IsWaitingForFirstSpinUpdatePacket)
                     {
-                        // first time initialization of "old" orientation for calculation of delta rotations
+                      // first time initialization of "old" orientation for calculation of delta rotations
                         m_rootPart.SpinOldOrientation = newOrientation;
                         m_rootPart.IsWaitingForFirstSpinUpdatePacket = false;
                     }
@@ -3620,16 +3620,21 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                         //m_log.Error("[SCENE OBJECT GROUP]: Incoming new orientation is " + newOrientation);
 
                         // compute difference between previous old rotation and new incoming rotation
-                        Quaternion minimalRotationFromQ1ToQ2 = Quaternion.Inverse(old) * newOrientation;
+                        Quaternion minimalRotationFromQ1ToQ2 = newOrientation * Quaternion.Inverse(old);
 
                         float rotationAngle;
-                        Vector3 rotationAxis;
-                        minimalRotationFromQ1ToQ2.GetAxisAngle(out rotationAxis, out rotationAngle);
-                        rotationAxis.Normalize();
+                        Vector3 spinforce;
+                        minimalRotationFromQ1ToQ2.GetAxisAngle(out spinforce, out rotationAngle);
+                        if(Math.Abs(rotationAngle)< 0.001)
+                            return;
+
+                        spinforce.Normalize();
 
                         //m_log.Error("SCENE OBJECT GROUP]: rotation axis is " + rotationAxis);
-                        Vector3 spinforce = new Vector3(rotationAxis.X, rotationAxis.Y, rotationAxis.Z);
-                        spinforce = (spinforce/8) * pa.Mass; // 8 is an arbitrary torque scaling factor
+                        if(rotationAngle > 0)
+                            spinforce = spinforce * pa.Mass * 0.1f; // 0.1 is an arbitrary torque scaling factor
+                        else
+                           spinforce = spinforce * pa.Mass * -0.1f; // 0.1 is an arbitrary torque scaling 
                         pa.AddAngularForce(spinforce,true);
                         m_scene.PhysicsScene.AddPhysicsActorTaint(pa);
                     }