Starter motor for an internal combustion engine

In a reduction gear type starter motor having a yoke and poles for an internal combustion engine having a rear, an intermediate and a front bracket, the motor being interposed between said rear and intermediate brackets, said intermediate bracket containing gear trains in mesh with the rotary shaft of said motor, said front bracket containing an overrunning clutch mounted to the output rotary shaft of said gear trains and a shift lever to actuate said overrunning clutch, a pinion secured to said overrunning clutch being adapted to be meshed with a gear of said internal combustion engine, the improvement comprising only one faucet joint, said front bracket and said intermediate bracket together integrally forming a first integral part containing said overrunning clutch, said shift lever and said pinion, and said rear bracket and said yoke of said motor together integrally forming a second integral part with said poles secured to the inner periphery thereof, said second integral part and said first integral part being connected together by said faucet joint.