Basic Tuning: HELP!

Carb DONE!
Just spent the last couple hours rebuilding the carb and stinking up the garage and apparently the house too. I cant smell it inside though! Hehe:-D:-D

Well, the carb was in horrible need of a rebuild. Once I opened it up and seen all the junk in the bowl, it was very obvious it was well overdue!
It looked like some one use my carb as a Coffee maker and didnt use a filter! I have pics, but Ill get them up tomorrow.
As for now, Ill have to put the car all back together tomorrow after I do the "house junk".

Question....... When I set the "base point" for the idle screws during the rebuild, I noticed when I screwed the right one in, it didn't bottom out til it completely compressed the spring. This doesn't seem right. Should I be concerned?
The left one felt just fine. I was able to run it in and felt it get slightly tighter, and I then backed it out the 1-1/2-----2 turns that the rebuild instructions say.
But again the right one never seemed to hit a seat. Just kept going til' it compressed the spring. I didnt feel any resistance at all. (other than the spring of course)

Other thing.
When adjusting the rod that opens the secondaries. The instructions say " THE SECONDARIES SHOULD JUST BEGIN TO OPEN WHEN THE PRIMARY VALVES ARE OPEN 13/32". So I adjusted it accordingly to do so, and the next step is to set the stop for how far the Secondaries can actually open. It says to bend a tab so the secondaries can only open 85 out of the full 90 degrees. Problem is, the way they say to adjust the secondaries on the previous step, opens the secondaries so late, that it only opens the secondary valves to about 75/80degrees.
I dont even need the stop for the secondaries because the "throw" of the attached rod will not make it open anywhere near 90degrees.

I understand what I have done is keep the secondaries from opening too soon, and it may help gas mileage, but at this point if I really get in the throttle, I wont be getting all I can from the secondaries, because they wont open to the recommended setting.

I went back at least five times to make sure I adjusted that attaching rod correctly.
There are two things that bother me about this. First I want all I can get outta my carb!
Second, I am thinking I shouldn't have had to adjust that rod. The dam thing is tough as hell to bend, so I know it didn't just get out of wack.
That's not to say someone else didn't change it prior to me owning the carb though.
So thats where I stand with it for the moment.

Ohhhhh, I have another question. This is just for clarification.
IF.... the idle set screw were all the way backed off, and the primaries were COMPLETELY closed, the "idle adjustment screws" and the associated passages, are what is supposed to feed the appropriate fuel/air mixture for it to continue to run, correct?

If this is the case, is it ideal, or even possible to get it set like that?
Just trying to understand what does what. Thanks again guys!