How to remove and replace the starter?

2010 NISSAN XTERRA
70,000 MILES • 4.0L • V6 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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JASONPYZO
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Hello, my mother owns the vehicle listed above and I don't have the vehicle on hand because she is three hours from me. was wondering how difficult it is to replace the starter, I tried to look it up and have trouble finding info on the 2010 Xterra and what I did find with the earlier models seemed people had trouble getting the starter out because of lack of room. so, I don't know what tools I will need especially if I have to unbolt a motor mount to jack the engine up some. I'm pretty handy so I was wondering if you could run me through the process of removing the starter. Thank you.
Nov 15, 2021 at 7:45 PM
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AL514
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Hello, it doesn't say anything too difficult, it does say to remove the exhaust manifold cover, there's a couple of pictures, but not too much detail. I don't see anything about having to remove motor mounts or anything like that. This is from AllData and ProDemand, I will keep looking a little more and see if there's any additional info, it may have been different on older models, I'm not 100% sure. But I will post anything else found. Obviously disconnect your battery negative first,
It does look like the older models it was a bit more difficult.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-a-starter-motor

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-a-starter-and-solenoid-works
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Nov 16, 2021 at 9:32 AM
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JASONPYZO
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Hi, my mom has the Xterra and we're not in the same hose hold and was wondering if possible, you can walk me through the removal of the starter because I would like to make sure I have all the tools needed. I would rather be prepared but not knowing if I'm going to need to unbolt a motor mount to lift the engine or what, can find info on the year and not knowing if and earlier model is the same on removal, want to make sure I have all the tools needed. Thanks.
Nov 17, 2021 at 6:58 PM (Merged)
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