also dosnt the e-brake keep the shoes and such aligned/adjusted in the drum? at least i know it did on my 95 s10 i went in for brakes one time and the guy commented that i had the most well aligned drum brakes he had ever seen, (cuz i had to use the ebrake all the time on the s10 as a parkin brake (manual trans)

i hope i never have to use mine as an E-Brake... cause it is push on, push off. THat would be hell to use if your scared outta your mind with no brakes!

same here.. what you do is push it all the way down, let off (so it stays down momentarily) then push it down again to release it, then you can pump it however needed to make it stop. If you push it again to release you can push different amounts of pressure on it as needed without it locking into place. It actually works better because you don't have to keep one hand on the release all the time..