If you have a single idler pulley you should have a 38" deck. If the deck has two idlers, then you must have a 42"deck. You should be able to approximate by measuring. This is the "cutting" width, not overall width. Two things might have happened. You didn't get the right belt, or you haven't routed it properly. Here is a link to the Yardman web site to download your manual if you don't have it. It appears that the 38" deck requires a longer belt than the 42" deck.
http://manuals.mtdproducts.com/mtd/Public.do?langId=-1&BrandCode=10201
You would have to post the model number under the seat for me to be able to do that.
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