Life is complicated enough. Make locking up your gear simple with a set of SKS Lock Cores. Sold in pairs, these locks are keyed alike, so only a single key is needed to open everything. Now isn't that easy?
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Jake: Hey guys, it's Jake here with etrailer. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the Yakima Lock Cores. These are going to be made for your roof rack to be able to lock into your roof. When you buy them from the factory, they're just going to come with plastic lock cores, and it's not going to secure it to your roof while you're not with it. For the example, with our SkyLine Towers, they're very, very easily removable. Just pull back and lift up and your bars are going to be gone.
So by replacing these plastic lock cores with the locking cores, you're not going to have to worry about anyone stealing or tampering with your roof rack. In your kit, you're going to get two keys that are keyed to unlock and lock all of your lock cores, and you're going to get one installation key. This is the key dish we're going to use to push the lock cores into place.To start with, we need to take our flat key and pop our plastic lock cores out. And to get our lock cores into place, we just need to take it, you're going to line it up with this hole. So right here is where you're going to see that little indentation that you're going to stick your lock core into place, where that little knob is going to stick down inside there.
Just push it into place.Now we can take the tip of our finger and hold our lock core and pull our control key out. And we can take one of our two keys that has our notches in it and lock up our bars. And you'll repeat this process for all four of your foot packs. Now, as I said, your kit is going to come with two keys. If you we're to lose them, there are replacement keys available.
On the back there's going to be a letter followed by three numbers. It's a good idea when you first get your kit to write that series of numbers down, so that you know which key is yours, and you can order them here at etrailer.Now, one little helpful piece of advice I'd like to provide you all with is, if you plan on leaving your rack on your vehicle during the winter time or whatever you might be putting your lock cores in, it's a good idea that when winter time is approaching, you spray a little bit of lubricant on the inside of your lock, not only to help your lock work properly, but it's going to prevent any water from building up inside, potentially turning into ice. I had a situation one time where I needed to get into my toolbox for a side job and I couldn't get in because water had gotten into my lock and froze solid, and I couldn't get my key in. But with all that being said, that's going to do it for our look and installation of the Yakima Lock Cores..
Customer Satisfaction Score:
97% were satisfied with this product
3% of customers were not satisfied
Ratings & Reviews
had a neighbor give me a yakima $500 bike rack. it was missing some keys to lock core. etrailer helped me figure out the way to get this corrected. have ordered different things from etrailer in the past, and they are so helpful. and had my product in a couple days. can't say enough good things about etrailer
First time purchase from etrailer, and i'm so glad i made this choice. I purchased a Yakima roof rack system for my 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz with a naked roof. I'm familiar with Yakima products and their quality, but because my vehicle has a naked roof, ( no roof rack mounting rail ), and I wanted the flush mount towers, there wasn't a lot of options. During my search for this product, I came across etrailer. Great reviews, so I decided to contact them and spoke with Kevin and Brittany. They were amazing to work with. Answered all my questions and Brittany even helped me with my order over the phone. I couldn't have asked for better service. etrailer had everything I needed and Brittany got my order together without any issues. Shipping was very fast and my roof rack arrived well packaged and in perfect condition. etrailer has an incredible inventory. Their prices are very competitive. Their customer service is outstanding. Communication from Brittany goes beyond expectations. She shows a genuine interest in the customer even after the purchase, wanting to know a little about her clients. Then a follow up after delivery to make sure you're happy with the entire experience. I wouldn't hesitate to purchase products from etrailer again, and I will definitely recommend this fine company to anyone in need of their products. I'm extremely happy I found etrailer!
Awesome! 1 key for your whole system! Makes it sooo much easier.
easy to install
Quick Install!
Works great........easy to install.
Easy to install! Locking everything with the same key makes it easy!
Great fit and finish with easy intall. Now have one key for box and mounts!
Does exactly what they say
Everything you need to add keys or replace keys. Easy to install and they worked. What more could you ask for
work well but can be broke into pretty easy.
Works great. Customer service and shipping all great too.
Great product, seems really solid. Love the flexibility of different attachments for different types of transportation situations. Super quick delivery from etrailer!
Much bigger than expected. Strong const ruction
etrailer has the best brands and good prices. Web site and shipping are the absolute best in the business. Videos are great too.
again very easy to install and now i dont have to worry about it getting stollen
Product was good once it arrived. However, the site showed all items in stock. I received an email about a month after I ordered, stating they were on back order. I responded stating that it showed in stock and that I would have purchased through another site had I known this. I got a seemingly automated email back that I took as a "sorry not sorry". I received the order over two months later. Terrible customer service. First time I have shopped with etrailer, and obviously my last.
Exactly what I needed to eliminate having 3 different Yakima keys. Very easy to install assuming your existing cores are "unlocked" or you don't have locks. I would have gave 5 stars however, I called in and was told that the flat key would remove a locked core - well, it doesn't.. You must go to a locksmith and have them unlocked.. Other than that debacle the SKS worked perfectly and now I have only 1 key!!
Great to have all keyed the same!
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