Not normal! I think your heads are on backwards.....Heehee.
Take that spacer off and have a real good look at it. I assume the bolt is correct and the spacers are correctly located. If so, and the spacer is good, then the shaft must be bad. This really should have been caught during the prelube......You are kinda lucky to have had to remove the cover.
I know how to turn on a motor and a lotta other things, but not how to turn on an engine! I assume you started it up?