PS - I would always use a gasket and not try to replace a gasket with RTV.  Usually, you can reuse the gasket.  If the gasket only has a small bad spot, then probably ok to use some RTV on the spot.

RTV is such a mess to deal with the "next time" you have to go in there...

I'm kinda rough as a cob and ruined my gasket during disassembly.  Glad I had a new one in hand ready to go.  It's worth the extra $15 or so to me.

This is mine I traded 400 bucks worth of rifles for.

Wow!  A couple of slick lookin Savages procured at bargain basement prices.  Congrats on the successful surgery.  That little biker looks like he's havin a great time.

10-4 and dragbike yeah I'm pretty happy with this bike I put 1600 miles on it before I did any real maintenance I found out last night on a Vin search in 2000 it had 3k miles in 2004 in had 7250 in 2023 when I got it it had 7455 and I looked the whole thing over it looked like someone overhauled the entire bike or kept it in their house lol so I rode the piss out of it before I decided to do maintenance which it probably didn't need

Thank for the tip on Rocky Mountain ATV, Dave.  I'm going to check them out.

EDIT:  I checked on the gear shifter crankcase gasket.  They are a few 30-40 cents higher than Partzilla and its on backover until 3/5.  Partzilla is backorder too but only 3-4 days until shipping (confirmed by customer service guy at Partzilla).  Learned Woody is a Model K5.  Between my S40 and the Shadow, I've become kinda attached to Partzilla.

Rocky Mountain ATV has excellent customer service as well - if you ever need it.

The "BIG" plus about doing business with them - is that they do have a parts inventory.  If they show it is in stock.....it is "at" their place of business and it will ship immediately.

Revzilla, Partszilla, Chapmoto and many others do not actually stock the parts at their business.  When you order an OEM part from them - they order it from their supplier....and when they get it they ship it to you.

Parts from Rocky Mountain ATV will always get to you faster - and if they are missing something in your order....they will still ship you whatever they have right away and then ship the remainder of your order later.  You may get 2 or 3 deliveries as they ship any part of your order as soon as they have it.  They have never help up items they have waiting or other parts to arrive - they ship what they have in stock right away.

I have a mint condition 2006 Shadow Spirit VT750DC.  I'm the 3rd owner.  Got it last July with 2,600 miles on it.  I'm up to about 4,300 now.  Prior owners treated it like a trophy bike to admire in the garage.

I love it.  The baffles in the rear were cut out before I bought it.  It's somewhat louder than stock but not obnoxious.  I need to shim the needles in the carbs with washers.  It has a lean spot right off idle at 1/8th throttle.  It's in a bad spot right when you are trying to do low speed maneuvers like parking lots and parking spaces and sharp turns from a stop sign or light.  I'll probably go up one size of the pilot and main jet too.  I need to see what's in there and if it was changed from stock (pair of 40 pilots and 105 front carb/cylinder and 108 rear main jet). I have all the parts.  Just trying to decide when I want to do it.  I've got some other things going on that are making it hard to plan.

Which Shadow do you have?