No there is not.
Standard.
They are standard right hand threads.
The bolt is just a standard right hand thread. Just took one out of an '01 Xterra.
Normal. I just replaced mine and it is standard thread (righty-tighty, lefty-loosey). Us a 6 point 15/16 socket wrench. I used a breaker bar against the frame with the socket on the balancer bolt, hit the starter without starting the engine, and it broke the bolt loose enough to take it off. I had to use a pulley puller to get the old harmonic balancer off. It helps to take off the passenger side front wheel and the plastic panel for better access.
1. Remove right front wheel. 2. Remove the cover from the inside fender. 3. Remove the small inspection cover between the engine and transaxle to expose the bottom of the flywheel. Jam a big screwdriver in a tooth of the flywheel and wedge it against the side of the opening and the floor or have an assistant hold it. 4. Use a big ratchet, at least a foot and half long and a cheater pipe another foot and a half to generate the 200+ foot pounds to remove the bolt from the center of the balancer. 5. Use a harmonic balancer puller to remove the balancer. A kit may not have the right size bolts to thread into the two holes in the balancer and you'll have to hunt for the right ones at a hardware store. They may be smaller in diameter than what come with the puller. Good luck. 2. The 3.8 Buick harmonic balancer requires a special puller. But, if you purchase three 4" long, 6mm diameter, 0.1 thread bolts and three heavy duty washers you can use a standard 3 hole puller to remove the balancer. The threaded holes for the 6mm bolts are about 2" inside the access opennings that are located on the face of the balancer. You will need to place the heavy duty washers on the 6mm bolts brfore they are used with the puller. The hex heads on the bolts are to small for the standard type puller and the washers will support the torque required to remove the balancer.
behind harmonic balancer,front of engine(passenger side of car is "front") balancer is large pulley down low - must use harmonic puller to remove- DO NOT use standard puller or you will destroy it (costs about $300.00 to replace)then also need to remove cam-belt cover
It is standard thread. Torque to 220 ft lbs. Apparently the keyway is deep inside barely protruding from the timing gear on the crank so you might have to push that gear back to figure out where to line it up. I have not confirmed that yet though since my balancer just fell off last night.
standard
the timing is computer controlled when there is no dist.---which became standard in 1987---previous to that you rotate the dist. and set it to the number of degrees advance that the decal under the hood says---some where around 10---the timing marks are behind the harmonic balancer (which is on the end of the crankshaft)
it was standard but you could order it with an automatic from the factory
If it has a stick shift and clutch, it is standard. If no clutch and stick shift, it is an automatic.
automatic has faster accleration