Hi Max,
I'm not even sure how to get to the flywheel looks like a big job to split it just to see if it the problem , but to me it is a compression problem as it isn't really a kickback the motor won't pull over compression, not that it matters now as it has broken the wires in the pull start and at $90 for another pull start I have told the bloke to drill start it or chuck it in the scrap bin. I'm done with Chinese junk