Float Bowl is Eating Needle Jets

[AJ]

I did just that today, I had to wait while the ebay float bowls soaked in carb dip for awhile. I even used the old needle jets from those ebay carbs ( my new ones died a horrible death on removal) They worked great. I even found out that my original float was not shaped correctly, I also swapped that with the ebay float and that fixed my mysterious gas leak while the bike was on its kickstand! So now, I fear that because my old float was messed up, that gas may have leaked into the engine, so I need to do an oil change. But overall i'm super happy I bought those old carbs off ebay, because every part I've used from those has been a success. They look like sh*t, but I'm going to try and clean them entirely, and put the whole set on the bike just to see the difference.
Thanks everyone for advise.

Congratulations! Good work.