Dealer Serpentine Belt too tight!!

[986Porsche986]

Bought a new serpentine belt for my car a few months back, finally got around to putting it on the car. Would NOT go on for anything! I used a 24" breaker bar to release all of the tension, was following the Bently routing method, even tried the pully next to the alternator. Nothing!! Pulled it out and measured it and compared to the old belt. The old belt was an inch and a quarter longer than the new belt. Went online to make sure it was the right part number, and it was. So I tried it again, this time with two sets of hands, still nothing. Even if I was able to get it on, I would be worried about wearing out the bearings on the other components because of the excessive tightness that I was anticipating it having. So I finally gave up and went and purchased a belt from NAPA, (Micro-V $39.95) brought it back home, and it slipped on perfectly. Not sure if there could have been a mislable at the belt manufacture but I am going to try to take it back to the dealer for store credit and ask my friend who works there if he has heard of the problem before.

Anyone here have similar problem with dealer serpentine belt?

Mark