So I took it back out and the back of the color wheel seemed to be sitting right against the color wheel housing. The color wheel seems to be sliding backwards and grinding on the housing. The original one didnt do this, but the "new" ones does... when comparing the two the old one that is shot has very little play back and forth and the new ones seem to slide backwards almost to the point where it will come off the rotational axis.
Here is a picture indicating which direction it is sliding, it is sliding off the copper that it rotates on
