2-Pack : Yakima SKS Lock Cores for Yakima Rooftop Car Racks

Ordered these for my Big Stack kayak carrier. Easy to fit, and does the job neatly. Dropped one star only because I really feel these are expensive, and should be included in the cost of the carrier rather than having to order them separately. Wasn't aware when I ordered the carrier that it came without locks. Other than that, they seem decent quality and work well.

Comprati per il portabici yakima HighRoad e funzionano correttamente

As advertised. Installed in minutes. Flawless.

Excellent locks from Yakima that work across their products.

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.