I I am fairly sure I know what the problem is. I bent the little leverl arm trying to install it and the spring. So now when I set the lever arm parallel with the carb base the needle is out of place. The lever arm must be in the correct position to get the correct stroke from the diaphragm. But at the same time the forks must be in the correct position to lift the needle during the diaphragm stroke. This is not mentioned in the ytube videos. apparently they assume the lever is in correct alignment. But I bent mine.
I have ordered a repair kit that has the alignment tool included..