Need Help with Steering Column

I have a 40 ford steering column . How do you get the damn steering wheel off???

 

it's on a tapered shaft with a keyway , so they can be hard to come off. back off the nut , but not off completely to protect the threads and to keep the end from splitting....then use a wheel puller. most times that will do it , but sometimes that is not enough

 

And...the 1940 is the first Ford wheel that will take a modern puller; look for two 5/16 bolt holes within hub. And as said above...LEAVE THE NUT AT END OF THREADS!

 

Thanks Guys

 

Steering wheel removal solved. Now how do you remove the column shift lever. Is that a drive out pin? Thanks.

 

Yes, It is a drive out pin. Lever pulls out then.