Mercury 25hp 4 stroke starter replacement

DLinMI

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Anyone help with the proper procedure to remove and replace the starter? I've managed to remove the old one, but to get the old one out I had to remove the front bolt on the bracket that holds the starter where the rubber ring is. I've replaced the starter but can't seem to get that front bracket bolt to start in, pushing on the bracket and trying to thread it in is proving very difficult. I tried to remove the vapor seperator to gain access to the second bolt on that bracket but can't get to the bottom bolt on seperator. Thought about trying to remove the electrical bracket on front of engine to hopefully gain straight on access to that front bolt but not sure how hard that will be or helpfull. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks. This is a 2013 25 hp EFI 4 stroke.
 
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