My question was inspired by the recent post: The centralizer of an element x in free group is cyclic.
Is it true that non-identity elements have abelian centralizer in free metabelian groups?
This is probably very simple, but I couldn't find myself a proof.
I don't know if it helps but I was able to reduce the problem to the following assertion: $\forall a\in F, \forall b\in F, [a\in (F-F'), b\in (F'-F'') \Longrightarrow [a,b]\notin F'']$ (here $F$ is a free group (not metabelian)).
$\hskip250pt$ Thanks for any ideas!