Try this on your steering wheel. Leave the nut on, but loose. at LEAST a few threads. Check it again. Now, bang the steering wheel towards yourself. Try just jerking the wheel toward you really hard with both hands too. I bet it comes off until it hits the nut.
(no nut and you'll break your nose and maybe some teeth)
It is tips like that you just don't get without experience
Not to hijack your thread Isaac but I have to admit that I look forward to seeing Spanky's humor when I see a post from him - Like in another post about checking for spark and how not directly holding the coil is a good thing