Product review (5 stars): It's Not Part of the Washer
This is a great little washer and I love it.  But, beware of the brown plastic piece stuck in the Styrofoam at the bottom of the box!  It looks like it is a part of the washer, but it's not.  It's just in there to stabilize the washer's drum in shipping.  It took me several days to find out what it was, and in the process I found many other people who were also confused by it.  RCA *REALLY* should put some kind of note about it in their installation manual.