Damn - that sounds like a bear of a job. Braver then me - using heat around the seals. Glad prop came off.
FWIW: My dad has always been big on preventive maintenance.
He taught me to pull the prop (s) 1-2 times a season. It was good because a few times we found some fishing line - not ours - perhaps picked up near the dock.
Big tip was using a light coating of marine grease. We could literally pull the prop off by hand.
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