I split my lip open and loosened my front teeth by grabbing a steering wheel that had just sat loosely on the shaft in one of my project cars. Through a couple years of hot/cold temps, it worked down a little and on the third "Ooompf!!!" it came off and I rocketed it into my mouth.
Unless I put the thing on ten minutes before, I will ALWAYS use a puller from here on out.
-Brad