Struggling with float needles

So I purchased a rebuild kit for my carberatour and the float needles replacement does not have a slot for the hairpin clip. Has anyone had this issuse I'm not sure what to do...

 

Where did you buy this kit from? Looks like an incorrect kit there is no tip to needle . Xj4ever has the correct kits he sells both vitron as well as solid brass , ( my prefference)

 

your needles look like all metal. see second paragraph


NOTE: kits that contain the original style rubber-tipped needles include the needle hanger clip. By the way, the purpose of this clip is to prevent the rubber tip of the needle from "seizing" within the float valve seat (due to the rubber swelling), or fuel varnish forming around it (and "gluing" it to the brass seat). Since the clip is attached to the float, as the fuel bowl empties the weight of the float pulling down on the needle will tend to overcome any needle tip seizure and prevent that float valve from remaining closed, even as the float bowl empties of fuel.

Metal-tipped needles, although not original on Hitachi carbs, were used on many original Mikuni carbs. The metal needle tips are much less prone to tip seizure and thus metal-tipped needles do not need, nor use (or even accept) the needle retaining clip.

 

I have the metal ones and they work great... but I also have a manual petcock so when I leave it for more than a day I don't worry about them leaking (Which they have a little)

 

I am assuming these are the wrong floats, everything else in the kit works perfectly for me

 

The clip doesnt matter so much, but even the shape of the needle is different therefore likley wrong.

 

Inspect your original float needle carefully, being viton tiped if there is no ring worn into it, you can use it again.

 

You can take a Qtip and some metal polish , check qtip in drill put into seat pull trigger a couple of times till inside is nice and polished . This should help needle seat .

 

The float needles you have don't require a clip.

 

try them see if they work

 

The solid brass or stainless steel needles work very well....no clip is needed...and best part is that there is vitron tip to wear out......

The solid tip needles are more expensive but are worth it......

 

I got a set of seats and solid brass needles from Chacal and they have worked perfectly. I recommend them.