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The pulley rounding off it fairly common problem.

It looks like the pully comes with the hub, so you would just need to add the nut. https://www.ereplacementparts.com/transmission-pulley-p-1584484.html

When you rotate the top shaft, and it is either in forward or reverse, the wheel axles should slowly turn.

No, rotate the shaft, and watch the wheel axles, with the f/w engaged in either direction. Take the thing to someone with an impact wrench to remove the nut.

Here is a ipl of the sh86, and also a glimpse of the "where used" of part #1.

If the blade is off or loose, it will jerk the cord out of your grip like that. Pushmowers have an aluminimun flywheel, and need the mass/weight of the blade. If that same engine were on a pressure washer or the like, the flywheel would be cast iron.

The cord jerking will happen if there is no blade, or the blade is loose.

These newer coils put out a very faint spark.

First take off the muffler and take a peek.

The wire is what shuts off the engine, it has a circuit that goes to switches, and one of those must be a activated/problem, or the wire is grounded out. The switches send the circuit to ground, which shuts off the engine. What is the model number of the push mower? It likely is the switch at...

Unplug the clutch, and run a couple temporary jumper wires from the battery, see if you hear the clutch go "clunk", or get nothing but sparks. Do the wiring so the sparking will be away from the battery.