Why won't Safari change its key bindings?

I've been using XCode a lot lately, and then by habit I hit Command-T. To my suprise, a tab opened instead of the usual format box. Hurrah! Now, I've gone a little tab-happy. I found a new shortcut for switching tabs: Command Left/Right Arrow. Then, I tried to make Safari conform to the same shortcut. So I went into the System Prefs app, the Keyboard panel, and the Keyboard Shortcuts section. I set "Select Next Tab" to Command Right Arrow.
     When I looked in Safari, the shortcut didn't work. After ten minutes of trying every combination of restarting safari and closing system prefs, I saw that, in Safari's Window menu, The short cut HAD changed. The "Select Next Tab" item did display Command Right Arrow as the shortcut. It just didn't work.
     I suspect the Forward menu item is hogging the command. But I can't change it, because it isn't a menu item. I've tried opening Safari's app package, but its menu is in the nib format, NOT xib format. Therefore, I can't change it through developer tools.
I'm running a Macbook Pro early 2011 with 10.7.2 (Lion). This happens to Safari 5.1.2 in both windowed and fullscreen modes.
I am NOT looking for an alternate shortcut. I want THIS shortcut. How can I do this through any means neccesary, including hacking/modding safari.app?

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2. Safari > Preferences > Extensions
     Turn those off and relaunch Safari to test .
     Turn those on one by one and test.
3. Safari > Preferences >  Search > Search Engine :
    Select your preferred   search engine.
4. Safari > Preferences > General > Homepage:
     Set your Homepage.

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