Starter motor equipped with damping element

The starter motor (10), comprising a housing with a tip (26) containing the end (20) of its shaft (16) and a bearing (22), has a vibration damper (54) between the bearing and inner surface of the housing tip cavity. The damper is in the form of a sleeve of an elastomer or plastic vibration damping material with a transverse end wall (58), and it can have outer and inner metal lining bushes and end walls.