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Maybe I am tone death but after reading so many messages about the center speaker disconnect I thought I would give it a try myself. All advice was used, the trim removal tool made access to the speaker a breeze, and I used a very tiny flat head screw driver to push in the lock on the speaker connectors.

Two observations, one I did not notice much difference in the sound and/or separation quality, if anything I noted a slight reduction in audio level at the higher end of the volume. I took all the precautions to affix the loose ends so there was no post speaker removal rattle. Unfortunately there was, not a rattle so to speak but a creaking noise? Hard to describe the sound but it was definitely there when I drove over a bump. It was very annoying so I replaced the speaker and whatever it was is gone. I probably could have replaced the speaker in a disconnected state but decided against it.