Worked this week end on truck and steering wheel removal. Learned valueable lesson about mushrooming the steering shaft on the threaded end. Long story short, the wheel needed holes drilled and threaded for wheel puller to attach. Once on the nut that holds wheel on wouldn't fit with the bolts for puller in place. The puller didn't pull the wheel, it mashed the end of the shaft. Today I put a bolt down the center of the shaft to protect from further damage and then heated the base with a torch. The wheel came off pretty easily this way. Here are some shots: