combined bytes wont shift.

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I thank you again for all the replies.
I did some swatting up on all the relevant topics. I had got it working the easy way but I wanted to master arrays and unions so I stuck at it, A couple of late nights and I worked it out in the end.
Just wanted to post my workings for you and say thanks. A great introduction to a great community.
Suggestion to the code always welcome. Amazing how long a tiny code can take to condense.

//----------------------------------SRAM WRITE Function---------------------------------------------------//
void sramWrite(uint32_t intVal){


	union {
		uint32_t splitInt;
		byte byteVal[4];
	} intAsBytes;

	intAsBytes.splitInt = intVal;

	RTC.writeEN(true);
	if(RTC.writeEN())
	Serial.println("ready");
	else
	Serial.println("No write");

	for (int i=0;i<4;i++){
	RTC.writeRTC(DS1302_RAM_START+(i << 1),intAsBytes.byteVal[i]);
	}

}

//------------------------------------SRAM READ Function-----------------------------------------------//

uint32_t sramRead()
	{

	union {
		uint8_t readBuffer[4];
		uint32_t merge_var;
		}result;

	for (int x=0;x<4;x++){
		result.readBuffer[x]= RTC.readRTC(DS1302_RAM_START+(x << 1));
		}

	uint32_t ram_read = result.merge_var;
	return ram_read;
	}