Still getting crazy spinning after checking everything.

[Tokamak]

I've pulled out KSP for the first time in a while, and I'm having that crazy spinning problem.

 

Basically, sometimes, and only sometimes, when a craft changes SOI, it starts spinning like crazy. Going into and out of time warp doesn't fix it, and both mechjeb and remotetech's controls are helpless against it.

I've searched for solutions and found nothing that works. Yes I've checked for part collision. 

Here's the weird thing: it only happens on SOI change. A given craft will be fine, but every time I change SOI it is a crapshoot as to whether or not the craft will be controllable.

Sometimes switching back to the KSC and back to the craft fixes it, sometimes not. 

 

I'm running 1.8.1. It's the same install I had a few years ago, with no changes or updates (because some of the mods I like haven't been updated).

I can post mod lists and other stuff if needed, but at least initially this is a general question:

 

Has anybody found a solution to the spinning problem? I can find few references to it being actually solved, and the solutions I've found are either not apropos or don't work.