1980 gs1000g carb question

[stephen]

Hi i am rebuilding my gs1000g 1980 carbs got new rebuild kits for them but they are confusing me a bit the the needle and seat fit good they are a bit different, my question is the seat does not have the grove on it for the clip that holds the needle in like the original did i can get the clip on but it seems without the grove it wont hold. Was the clip eliminated for some reason will the float actually keep the needle in place i really dont want to put them altogether and have things go wrong any help greatly appreciated. ive included a screen shot of the needle and seat with no grove,

[tom203]

Be warned that lots of carb rebuild kits are poor quality ….yours look odd to me. Hopefully someone will have an answer. Here’s a set that I got awhile back.

[Dogma]

Is there a problem with the old seats that keeps you from reusing them? I've heard of the needles wearing a groove in the tip, but I haven't heard of the seats going bad. Some kind of corrosion maybe, or some uncleanable schmoo?

The floats should keep the needle in there.