Help Bike won't run after carb clean - VT250F

Okay, so I cleaned out all of the passages I could with brake cleaner, the starter(?) jet was actually pretty clogged it seems, and I checked the float levels giving it a slight adjustment... then the same thing happened when I put it on the bike, a whole lotta nothing. Are there any weird vacuum lines I'm missing or something? I really feel like this thing should be running right now.

I meant the whole carb units, not just the diaphragms.
Stuff like https://www.ebay.ca/itm/254362360307

 

Couldn't try it as I don't have any and no money till Friday, if it's still not going by then, then I may give it a go.
Found I had set the float level incorrectly as the manual's instructions are kind of unclear, I had been trying to set it by the arm level and not the float puck thing level, have done that now and gave everything a once over.
I went ahead and blew some air into the carb too to make sure the slide works fine and indeed it does rise, but I was thinking I might try to prop it open for a first run or something, saying as it seems to be trying for air over fuel or spark.
VF500 carbs look pretty much identical to mine, just multiplied.. might take a look at those if my units are truly done for.

 

Alright providing a nice update here.
The bike ran today after I changed the gas full of additives out for some fresh ethanol free 91, then I doused the intake in starting fluid.
It only runs with throttle and the choke appears to do nothing at all, so I believe I may have messed up the idle settings when I stupidly removed the spring during my first diassembly, I also believe I am installing the choke wrong or the rubber has seized to the nut, as it appears to twist the whole assembly during installation and I believe that's what could be causing my problems.
If anyone knows much about the choke installation on these, I'd love to hear about it.

 

I am pleased to say the bike was running well.. for about 2 minutes, then a strange ticking sound came from the gearbox area so I quickly shut it off, and to my horror the starter no longer appears to work. Anyone know what that sound might have been? I'm hoping I just need to replace the starter but if the whole gearbox just disintegrated then It'd be nice to know.