Major Problem after Carb Rebuild!!

[longislandbandit99]

Doobie Doobie Doo!  My carbs are flooding again   

[joker]

not sayin this happened here but it might of, the jets where the needle seats, sometimes they're of different size (not the threads however the size of the jet itself) therefore if the needle don't seat in this jet right, it will allow the carb to flood, hope this helps, i reversed the jets on my old virago, and had the same flood you are talkin of

[longislandbandit99]

I know what did it.  The ethanol phase separated from the gasoline and settled on the bottom of the float bowl.  When I started the bike up the globs of ethanol gunked up the float and needle preventing it from closing all the way.  The end result is excess fuel in the air box and eventually from sitting on the kickstand it hydrolocked the #1 cylinder.  I already cleaned the carbs again, and this time I ordered new float needles, gaskets for the float bowl chamber, and a bunch of other things that tallied my bill to $311 and change.

Here is my question now to the powers that be.  The needle jet where the main jet screws in has a rubber o-ring around it so it seats up against the body of the carburetor and creates a seal.  The four of them have crud built up on the o-ring.  I gently tried to clean it off with carburetor cleaner on a rag and I also tried to rub it off with my fingers.  No I did not remove any of the rubber but my thoughts are that the crud is actually corroded rubber.  As we all know ethanol destroys rubber o-rings and gaskets and things.  Now I screwed the needle jet back on and made it snug.  Should I just replace the damn thing (correct mechanical sense says yes) or can I get away with out replacing it.  I am sure I'd have to buy the whole needle jet just to get new o-rings.  Any idea on what they may cost?

I'm trying to keep this as cheap as possible so I can sell it but I also want it fixed once the right way.  I'm sure I will end up buying the new parts but I need to ask some "experts" too.

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Edit:  I answered my question at Ron Ayers' site with the parts microfiche.  I can in fact order just o-rings.  Three more days wait but it is the right thing to do.