A windshield wiper system has a drive arm with a drive shaft connector, a curved cantilever beam, and a wiper blade assembly. The drive arm is configured to connect to a drive shaft at the drive shaft connector. The curved cantilever beam is connected to the drive arm with a first drive arm fastener and a moveable drive arm fastener. The first drive arm fastener is positioned on the drive arm between the drive shaft connector and the moveable drive arm fastener. The wiper blade assembly is connected to the curved cantilever beam with a wiper blade fastener. The curved cantilever beam has an effective length extending from the moveable drive arm fastener to the wiper blade assembly fastener.