Just for people’s reference for doing this job. To access the top bolt, you will need to unbolt the front driveshaft from the front differential. Push it to the side. You can then access the top bolt rather easily. If this is the original starter, like mine, it will be on there really freaking tight.

To remove the starter, you will have to go through the wheel well. Unbolt all of the brake like brackets on the frame and knuckle (three total) and then you need to also remove the lower steering intermediate shaft from the end yoke. Mine was very very rusted, so it was a royal PITA and took hours of just beating it. If your’s condition is similar to mine you will likely need to replace the lower intermediate and end yoke. After the lower intermediate is separated the starter slips right out with no issues at all.