cluster lighting

[LeesTruk]

Finally drove my truck in the dark, and like so many others, found most of the cluster lights out. Doing the Google dance, found most folks either using a #168 or LED replacement bulb. My question, though, concerns the sockets. Seems that my bulbs are somehow fastened to the contacts within the sockets. Is this normal, and do I just "rip" the bulbs out?. When trying to remove several of the bulbs, the contacts came out with the bulb.