Poof me, spank me, whatever: this is my story, and I'm stickin'to it:
I, too, have been in the position that I wanted to remove a steering wheel. I found this tool advertised on eBay:
I looked and looked at it, and for the life of me I couldn't figure out how it would work as a puller. I went as far as to ask the seller about it. He explained that by removing the steering wheel nut, screwing this on (and leaving a couple threads on the shaft for clearance), putting upward pressure on the steering wheel (knees while sitting in the seat, or whatever--I've found that when it's screwed onto the shaft I still have 2 hands to work with, left to put upward pressure on the center of the steering wheel and right to swing the hammer/mallet).
Where I'm going with this is: I felt pretty dumb when it was explained to me how simple it is, and now this tool has it's own special place in the CubHouse and in my opinion is one of the best $10 +/- I've spent on a tool.
If I was good at PhotoShop, I'd lay mine beside Don's on his hood and say:
(under "edit") Wow, several comments while I was posting! Not that bad a picture for a Kodak C613 that I'm just trying out, either. Should I mention that I had to walk about 150' uphill through 5" of new snow to get the tool from the CubHouse? That's after using the 149/QA42A earlier today to throw the first 5" out of the driveway.
Happy first day of Spring! Ya, right!