Essex Designed Pad Tension Kit for AP Racing CP9668/CP9669 Caliper

Part #: 13.04.40006

Brand: Essex

The Essex Designed Pad Tension Kit for the AP Racing CP9668 & CP9669 caliper series substantially reduces pad movement inside the caliper.

Each caliper requires one Pad Tension Kit. If you need enough tension blocks for both of your calipers, you need to order two of these kits.

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$85.00

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Essex Designed Pad Tension Blocks are precision machined from billet aluminum, hard anodized, and topped with a heat-treated stainless steel spring. These blocks install in place of the original pad retention blocks in AP Racing's CP9668 or CP9669 caliper. They place a small amount of tension on the top of the pad, substantially decreasing its movement inside the caliper.

Included in each Pad Tension Kit are two pad tension blocks, which is enough for one AP Racing caliper. If you need enough tension blocks for both of your calipers, you need to order two of these kits.

When installed, the spring clip on top should sit closest to the outside of the caliper (as shown in the pics below). When the spring clip is correctly located to the outside, it can continually put downward pressure on the pad backing plate, not just the pad compound attached to the backing plate.


If you purchased a four-wheel Competition Brake Kit that uses six piston calipers at both ends of the car, please make sure you insert the correct pad tension blocks into the correct calipers.

The anodized gray aluminum portion of the pad tension block should span the entire gap in the caliper and completely cover the bridge bolt. In the photo below, the pad tension block for the narrower CP9660 caliper is installed in a wider CP9668 caliper. There is a visible gap between the pad tension block and the caliper body, and the exposed bridge bolt can be seen (red arrow). That is incorrect...there should be no gap!







Hard anodized billet aluminum block, fitted with heat-treated stainless steel spring. When installed, the spring clip on top should sit closest to the outside of the caliper.


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