I managed to snap the cover for the rear wiper arm pivot off my 2107 2.0 Tdi DSG 4x4 Yeti last week - somehow it caught the cuff of my jacket and the wee retaining clips snapped straight off 🙁.  It wasn't going to stay put after that so I resigned myself to buying a replacement, and with that in mind I carefully put the broken one aside so that I could check the part number.  So carefully did I put it aside that I now cannot find it 🤬

 

Might some kindly soul be able to provide me with the part number for item I need to buy?

Try checking 1K8 955 435

Many thanks Varoom!

 

Quite by chance I discovered yesterday evening that I had a spare stashed away in one of the darker corners of my garage, with precisely that part number.  I've no recollection of having had to replace one before, though, so it's a bit of mystery why I had it!

Damn that was very handy, and what are the odds of having that random part stashed away.

I must have had a reason to order one in, but blowed if I can remember what it was!

 

IIRC the Missus' now-departed Polo used the same part for its rear wiper, and it's possible that the one on her car needed replacing at some point - but I don't understand why that would have made me buy another spare "just in case".  They don't fall/snap off that often, do they?

 

EDIT: I just found an eBay order confirmation for the part, dated January 2021.  So it wasn't that long ago that I bought it, either.  Must be getting senile...

"Getting senile"? Or are you cunningly  laying down a very plausible alibi if a neighbour with a Yeti should suddenly find a part missing from his car???  That's the thing about getting older, you think ahead.