I got the 1999 maxima se, and yesterday I got to the starter to fix the noise. First of all, I got 2 problems. I cant get the clip disconnection from the one that goes to the battery (the clip is really hard to get unlucked and its masked with tape or something)Is there a sensor on top one of these wires? thats what it looked like with tape all over it... I gave up on the clip and tried to remove the starter with the thin wire connected but now the starter wont come out... It's like it got cooked to the metal exterior and fused with it... any suggestions on how to safely remove the damn starter without damaging it?

 

Uh what do you mean it got cooked, when I took off the 2 bolts that thing just fell off.

 

the 2 bolts in the front that has the 2 wires connected to it right? Well I took them off but starter wont come off, i tried to push it around and it dont get separated from the metal casing... will not budge

 

No, there are no wires attached to the bolts. Look farther down the shaft of the starter closest to the engine. Its like a 12mm and a 14mm if i remember right.
good luck

 

u didnt take off the main starter bolts, sounds like u took off the bolts of the part of the small part of the starter on the side of the main starter block,, look further down to the bolts on the sides of the starter

 

oh ok... man there's hardly room in there to fit the ranch

 

Its alot easier if you remove your whole intake up to the tb.

 

yeah, you definatly need to take eveyrthing off up til the TB othwrise its not happening. like everyone else said, 2 bolts.

http://www.motorvate.ca/mvp.php/516

 

The 2 bolts that are showing are the ones I removed. There is another bolts on the other side which seem to be hard to get at and a freaken battery wire tapped over the front 2 bolts...

 

by the way its not my car, this car seems to have starter easily accessible... unlike mine with tons of **** on top of it with many various wires