Is my steering wheel collar missing something?

In the process of trying to fix my on-going headlight issues, I attempted to remove my steering wheel today to have a look at the column-end of the light switch stalk. I got the big nyloc ring nut off, thanks to a fellow forum member with a homemade tool; but then, to our surprise, there were no threaded holes in the collar to attach a puller to--only the six, small-diameter holes to hold the actual steering wheel in place. My friend says his 82 has such holes, and when I looked up the collar part on Italian Car Parts.com, there is a picture of a collar (which supposedly fits all years of the 208/308) and it does indeed have two large-diameter threaded holes. They are missing on my car. I should point out that this is on a late-production 85 QV with a Momo steering wheel. Is this an eccentricity of my particular car, (hand-made, right) or am I missing something? More to the point, any suggestion as to how I should go about get the damn thing off? I'm think I might be able to get it free with some kind of jaw puller, but I would really like to avoid cosmetic damage to the piece of lovely wrinkle-finish cast-aluminum. What do think? Thoughts? Suggestions? Is their another proprietary tool we need to replicate?

 

I've got the same puller. Probably came from Sears too. The problem is hooking it on without the large-bore holes, phased 120 or 180 degrees apart. As I see it, I can either build an adapter, build a clamping plate, or get a jaw puller. Problem is my tools and my cars are currently dispersed to multiple locations around town owing to ongoing repairs and remodeling to my primary residence; so anything that involves creative fiddling takes a while and is a bit of a PITA.