How to restore audio video sync in media file

I captured some clips from my Mini-DV Panasonic PV-GS320. Some clips were in sync but a couple were off. I unlinked audio and video and slid the video later by about 20 frames and it sounded fine. But I need a media source file that I can edit from.
Is there a way to modify the media file or generate a new media file that is in sync? If I export a new movie is there a specific format I should use?
I recorded 12 bit audio and imported it at 32 KHz.

Could the bad ones have been shot at 16bit ?
No. I recorded them all together in one session. All I did was hit the record button on and off. When I tried to capture the entire 30 minute session it crash at the end when doing some audio processing. So I captured it in 3 clips. The middle clip was in sync and the beginning and end clips were not.
I actually have two questions:
1) How can I fix the sync in the broken clips? I have recaptured the clips and get the same out of sync result.
2) How can I avoid this problem in the future?
I have recorded and captured several movies using the same gear and SW and never had this problem before.

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