Merged Audio clip gets shortened

Hello,
When I use the "merge clips" function some of my newly created clips have shorter attached audio files when dropped into the timeline.
I merged clips for hundreds of shots for a feature film with the "in point" for the merge. I have not set an end point for audio files when merging to accidentally make them shorter for merging. All appears good when I look at the merged clip in the "viewer". However, when I put some of the merged clips into the "timeline" the newly attached 'merged' audio clips are shorter than the video clips by a significant amount. I double click the merged clips and still see the audio is as long as necessary in the "viewer".
Why are my merged audio clips getting shortened in the timeline?
I tried to unlink the audio in the timeline, but the newly created merged audio file will not stretch out to the full capacity.
Thanks for the help.
Jason

Hi.
I have a bunch of audio & video files that last minutes in length that I am trying to link up for each shot. Some times it will be a 3 or 4 minute long take. When the audio is merged it only appears to be about 30 seconds long or less on the timeline. Yet, the entire original audio is minutes long.
When I look at the merged clip the audio stream is as long as it should be. (minutes instead of seconds) But, when it is put onto the timeline the merged audio is significantly shorter and I can't stretch out the merged clip to the appropriate length.
Thanks for reading and asking good questions.
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