When the slide is placed into the cylinder, there is channel in it, then there is a bump on the side of the cylinder to keep the slide from turning in circles. My other carb has it, the cns does not
It should, if your talking about the little brass nubin.
Try this (very small turns)
Take all the hoses of the silly thing (except fuel of course.) Plug the hole on the back of the air intake filter(keep dirt and **** out)
Tighten the air/fuel screw and loosen the idle screw (start here, reset the carb)
IF it wont start give the air/fuel a little turn (1/8 turn increments), do this till it starts
After it's Kinda running (have to pump the throttle to keep it running) - slowly close the idle screw till it idles and sounds good.
Run around a few minutes and check the plug color and adjust air/fuel as needed. Only use the idle adjust to keep it running smooth.
The new CNS is very badly tuned from the factory(not even close) Basically reset the carb and start over.
Mine runs great, better then anything else I run across NT, Speed, dellorto, I just finished reverting to all the STOCK parts tonight to make a video this weekend.