YAKIMA - SKS Lock Cores for Yakima Car Rack System Components

They work very well.

Geeat addition to any SKS compatible Yakima rack. These secure the outermost rack grip to the car crossbars. The kit comes with two lock cores, a master installer key and two keys for the locks (one for each Yakima rack front and back) - its a little confusing when ordering because they want to know the number of sets, so I selected two thinking I was getting 2 kits with 2 cores, but it was one kit with 2 cores - I had to irder another set since I was securing 4 kayak racks to the crossties. Installation was pretty easy, although you do have to jiggle the cores a little to get them to seat in the rack locking hole. They work great at securing your racks and the keys are universal, so they work with any lock. Great value for the function they serve.

Real Yakima cores. I installed them without any problem. Have not used them yet. They appear to work just fine though.

I used this on a Yakima rocket box and it unlocked one core but the other wouldn’t budge. The cores fit great and it now locks/unlocks. The “control” key bends kinda easy, so use caution.

I bought a bike rack for the top of my car and while it isn't an expectation that I can lock the bike while it is perched on top of my vehicle doing 80 on the highway, sitting in a parking lot overnight makes me a bit leery. So when I saw the bike rack had locking...and then in smaller print capability with purchase of cores...I was happy and sad at the same time. I was happy because I could lock my bikes atop my car and sleep better at night knowing the could be thieves would be sawing away at my roof rack for a while longer, but sad because it meant shelling out quite a bit more for simple core locks...oh well. No saw markings and I still have my bikes! Thank you Yakima!

I bought these to better secure my adjustable Mopar crossbars on my Jeep JL Wrangler. This is a direct replacement for the plastic flathead cores, and the install literally took 5 minutes for all four covers. I mostly wanted some added security for the rack and my solar panel mounted to it. This won’t stop a prepared thief, but it is more than enough for my situation. The extra keys are a huge plus, I put them on my keychain, my wife’s keychain and also kept one in our safe at home after installing. Really glad WranglerForums posts let people know these work for the OEM racks.

Super great price. Easy to install and a must have to secure your items. Bought this for my rooftop cargo basket. While I think for the price of the basket these should be standard, these were priced at a fraction of what some others retailers are charging. Highly recommend.

Yakima SKS lock cores for Yakima SKS-equipped bars. Perfect fit, naturally. I appreciate the included control key.I see some complaints about these locks being too flimsy. Let me provide some perspective: I have a set of Yak bars that I got from a vehicle in a junkyard. The bars were locked onto the junker, but I still got them without having to break the Yakima towers (the same can't be said for the junker's roof rails). When I got the bars home, I drilled-out the cores and replaced them with a set ordered here on Amazon. So the bars can be removed even if they're locked. You have to dismantle or destroy the car's roof rack to do it, but it can be done. But how many thieves out there really want to make that much noise and movement for that much time? Sure, you can use a claw hammer to ruin the tower lock directly and get the bar off, but a thief isn't going to want to sell broken bars.The best situation is to get 4 lock cores and lock both sides of each bar. That would make it a major headache to steal the bars. If you stick with just one core per bar, put one lock on each side of your roof; for example, lock the front bar on the left side of the roof and the rear bar on the right side of the roof. That will force a thief to take twice as much time to pry the bars off.