Yes ! you were right.
You use SOPC.
which version of quartus do you use ? version 10 and 11 are transitions from SOPC to QSYS
I reopen an old project on Quartus II v9.0 wich is similar,
change the Data with to 8, 16, 32
I get no error like you :-/ (just overlap error for 32 bit width data)
It is strange that in your tristate bridge allow you do NOT share the "data" bus ; since data are always shared !?!
Have you build your SOPC yourself, or have you modified an existant SOPC ?
You are not alone :
http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43230&p=178794#post178794 (not resolved here)
Tristate bridge in QSYS (new SOPC from Quartus) is more difficult, but possible.
hard to help you, Good luck !