Abstract: An improved gripper shoe for a coiled tubing injector having a gripper shoe having a plurality of arcuate gripper elements spaced apart at predetermined intervals, a gripper carrier having a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, a first wall and a second wall located on the upper surface of the base, a mechanism for securing the gripper carrier to a continuous chain of a coiled tube injector located on the lower surface of the gripper assembly, and a mechanism for securing the gripper shoe to the gripper carrier, such that the gripper shoe is securely received by, and releasable from, the gripper carrier.