Aligning Safari Body and Section

[ThirstyTurtle]

I was very annoyed that the flat part of my Safari didn't perfectly match up with the grip so I started looking at it a bit and figured out how to make it perfect.

In my case, the body needed to twist about 1/16-1/8 turn further. If your body turns PAST where it needs to, I'm not sure how you'd fix it.

I removed the plastic ring between the body and section (it pops off easily) and sanded it down using 1,000 grit paper. It only took ~30 seconds total of swirling it around on the paper (a bit on each side so it's not off-centered). That gave me the clearance I needed so I then took the sandpaper and wrapped it around a very skinny ruler to make a sharp edge and I used that edge to sand down the plastic "shoulders" on the grip that the body butts up against.

It's now PERFECT and it only took a few minutes.

Photos:


Ring Removed


Perfect Alignment!

Please excuse my dirty fingers; I was working on my diesel yesterday and that diesel oil doesn't wash off easily haha.