Sync Problem in Master Clips

Hi,
I upgraded to FCP 6 last fall and since then I've been finding random Master clips (not necessarily whole tapes) in which the audio is out of sync from the beginning, or starts okay and then drifts as it plays down.
I checked the quicktime source files and they are in sync. The sample rate and frame rate are consistent with the project. I'm not positive that this is due to the upgrade, but I think it's likely since I started discovering the clips after I installed FCP 6.0.
My solution thus far has been to redig the the clips/tapes, but this is a pretty time consuming process (I have about 90hrs of footage for this project).
Has anyone experienced this and is there a better solution out there?

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