[72tutone]

After the overwhelming positive comments, Ive decided to forge forward in this quest of disassembly. I dislike not knowing how to do things, so Ive taken it on myself as a learning project.
Ive removed everything up to the point of removing the bearing assembly housing.
This piece was laying in the bottom of the bowl.
Ive looked at the exploded diagram and I dont see anything anywhere as to describe what this is. I dont think its the shoe release as the tilt is working fine.

Could this be the plate in the support assembly? I havent even made it into that yet.