E Brake question

[All systemz]

I just replaced my emergency brake/parking brake cable and cleaned and lubed all the linkage and moving parts.
Everything is working except that I noticed when I pull up on the lever the brake's don't "lock up", they set and will hold the car but not sure how well they would hold on a hill.
I adjusted the adjuster on the lever but it's screwed all the way in and still not locking the brakes all the way.
After reading through the Haynes manual, I don't see any info on how the self adjuster's, self adjust.
I had to release the self adjuster's all the way when I installed the new cable and thought they would 'self adjust' with normal driving.
Could that be the problem, that they haven't adjusted?

[william]

The self adjusters should be set when reinstalling the hubs the shoes should be almost be touching . The (self adjusters) if not completely clean wont work properly I think there's a little spot in the back the you can adjust them with out pulling the drum again.

[crazyrog17]

I've always been told the adjusters only do their job when stopping in reverse. After every brake job, my dad would make me sick backing up and stopping over and over.

[All systemz]

Thanks I'll have to take a look at that