vacuum leak at throttle shaft?

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Sorry don't believe that the light spring to heavy spring changed the air bleeding in, and certainly not enough that a little more fuel on the mix screws wouldn't compensate. I mean if really bad you should see it's out of round.

But test it out. The toothpaste idea will do. Find something non-abrasive like that or a grease and dab it over the throttle shaft end so air can't get go through. Stick a peice of aluminum foil or gasket material on it. Then nothing is going to get sucked in there. Fire it up and see if you can get adjusted with it sealup like that.