Replacing a trashed wheel bearing on my '82 and I can't get the new bearing any tighter than about 0.025" end play. I can't apply enough torque to turn the nut any tighter. Has anyone run across this?

This is my first wheel bearing on one of these, so I don't know how much torque it should take to crush the ring and set the end play. Is it a ridiculous amount, or do I have a bad component in my bearing kit that's not allowing it to crush?

The car isn't at my house and I'm using a borrowed vehicle until I get it fixed. I'm returning my loaner tomorrow so I'm kind of under the gun. Contemplating just putting it together to make the 11-mile trip to my house.