I'll pass on an old trick an old boy from Tennessee taught me many years ago. I was fixin' to pull the steering wheel off a White Freightliner when he grabbed two hammers out of his toolbox. After removing the steering wheel nut he placed a ball peen hammer on the shaft and told me to pull up on the wheel. He then struck the peen end of the ball peen with the other hammer, shocking the shaft whilst I was exerting upward pressure on the wheel. It popped right off and I've used that trick many times on many vehicles. I told him that it's dangerous to bang two hammer heads together because they are tempered and can shatter, sending pieces flying dangerously about. He told me that the peen end of the ball peen isn't tempered so it's okay. Don't know if I believed him so I always use a brass hammer to strike with. Then there's always a wheel puller...
