@oliof thank you again for your input.
I took belt A and B off completely off and tested the smoothness of each bearing/pulley as best as I could, fortunately they are all rotating smooth still. But yes, what you said makes sense.
to my surprise my gantry is wildly out of square to the point where when moving the Y axis there is much more resistance than the X axis. I will have it all squared/racked properly, I have a feeling (and hoping) that this is the cause of all the rippling in prints.
I will keep this post updated.
Kind regards,
Gordon