2003 Rev Carb Slid Problems

Last year seemed like I lost a cylinder. Until further diagnosis the compression was good 150. Good spark and good fuel. It turned out to be a broken carb slide. But not the carb slide itself, the link inside the carb located in the top. The small chain link looking thing. C-clip popped off and the links rattled off not connecting it to the throttle body. Anyways put a whole new carb that I had on it and fixed the prob. First weekend ride of the year and it happend AGAIN! C-clip went for a ride through the motor cause it wasn’t found and there was the rest of the pieces in the top of the carb.
Soloution? Recall out there for something to substitute that c-clip ? Any help would be great.