There is provided a starter in which a brake plate can be assembled or replaced easily. In the starter including a motor which is started by the energization of an armature caused by an ON operation of an electromagnetic switch; a pinion shift lever driven corresponding to the ON operation of the electromagnetic switch; a pinion which is engaged with a ring gear of an engine corresponding to the drive of the pinion shift lever while being rotated corresponding to the start of the motor; and a clutch which is spline connected so that one of the motor output shaft side and the pinion shaft side has splines two times the number of splines of the other and a stopper mechanism utilizing the two-times splines with respect to the axial movement is provided, locking means for detachably fixing a brake plate is provided on a wall surface on the pinion side of a center bracket.
